Impact of Salinity in Blood Pressure of the Coastal Population - Mohammad Ali - Bog

About 6 million people are deprived of safe non-saline drinking which is a discussing issues in public health and it¿s became more focus for saline water intrusion due to climate change. A cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the prevalence of blood pressure among the coastal population. Randomly 296 samples were selected in four wards of four unions Assasuni, Dargahpur, Bordal and Sreula of Assasuni Upazilla included in the study. Respondents were 18 years old and staying in that area at least for last five years. It was observed that 47% respondent¿s Systolic blood pressure was higher than 120mmHg and 20% respondent¿s Diastolic blood pressure have greater than 90mmHg. 18% respondent drinking water has higher than 1.00 PPT salinity, which is higher than Bangladesh limit and one of the main reasons of abnormal blood pressure. It was observed that three fourth of the respondents had habit of taking extra dietary salt also half of the respondents don¿t have the habit of taking tobacco. Around 65% percent of the respondent¿s drinking water source was pond, 20% from DHTW or piped water supply, 3% from SHTW and rest 9% had practice of use mixed source water in general time.