ABSTRACT

Attributable risk quantifies the difference in disease risk between exposed and non-exposed groups. This study aims to estimate how individual risk factors—like substance use, obesity, pollution, family history, and comorbidities—contribute to hypertension. It helps identify the impact of lifestyle, genetics, and environment on disease prevalence. The focus is on hypertension among tertiary care patients. To estimate the various risk factors that lead to hypertension in a tertiary care hospital. A prospective observational study was conducted among 200 patients, and the attributable risk of several risk factors was estimated and evaluated. The study was conducted within the departments of General Medicine, Surgery, and OBG at MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital. On assessing the attributable risk of 7 risk factors, we can conclude by saying that among the 200 people analyzed and observed within the hospital, alcohol is the risk factor at the highest risk for hypertension. Genetics and surgery are the 2 risk factors, where the risk was obtained in negative showing a protective effect towards the cause of hypertension. From this study, we can state that several risk factors cause hypertension in the premises of a tertiary care hospital, with obesity, alcohol, and smoking regarded as the most common and significant risk factors leading to the cause. Each risk factor evaluated should be monitored on an individual basis from time to time, as it has the potential cause leading to causehypertension. Therapeutic drug monitoring should be implemented strictly and thoroughly to avoid medication abuse. Keyword: attributable risk, hypertension, risk factors, tertiary care hospital
Publication date: 01/06/2026

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2026/15.6.10271