International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | February 2021 | Vol 8 | Issue 2 Page 530 International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Kolibu FK et al. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2021 Feb;8(2):530-535 http://www.ijcmph.com pISSN 2394-6032 | eISSN 2394-6040 Original Research Article Factors associated with the occurrence of hypertension in the Talaud islands regency Febi K. Kolibu*, Chreisye Mandagi, Paul Kawatu INTRODUCTION Hypertension is a long-term disease and those who suffers hypertensionmostly are detected at the time the patient carries out an examination for certain diseases so that it is often referred to as the "silent killer". 1 World health organization (WHO) in 2013 stated that hypertension is an increase in persistent pressure in arteries where systolic blood pressure is equal to or above 140 mmHg and diastolic pressure is equal to or above 90 mmHg on two measurements with intervals of five minutes under adequate conditions rest and calm. 2 Based on the cause, hypertension is divided into the first essential hypertension or primary hypertension, namely hypertension of unknown cause, also called idiopathic hypertension. Essential hypertension may be caused due to heredity or genetics and is also influenced by the environment, hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system, obesity, alcohol, smoking and so forth. Second is secondary hypertension, namely hypertension caused by other diseases. 3,4 There are several risk factors that can cause hypertension in a person, namely physical activity/exercise, obesity, ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death for cases of non-communicable diseases in Indonesia. Basic Health Research in 2018 by the ministry of health of the republic of Indonesia found the number of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, stroke and diabetes mellitus has increased compared to revious research. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with the occurrence of hypertension in the Talaud Islands Regency. Methods: This is a survey research using cross sectional method, the instrument used is a questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability. The number of samples are 100 people with purposive sampling technique. Results: The results of the chi square analysis show that gender does not associate with the occurrence of hypertension (p value 0.641), age has no association with the occurrence of hypertension (p value 0.641), obesity and hypertension showed that there was a significant association (p value 0.033), family history and hypertension were associated (p value 0.033), no association between smoking and hypertension (p value 0.582), consumption of risky food do not have an association with the occurrence of hypertension (p value 0.612), there is no association between physical activity and the occurrence of hypertension (p value 0.641), alcohol consumtion and hypertension were associated (p value 0.024), stress has no association with the occurrence of hypertension (p value 0.083). Conclusions: Factors associated with hypertension in the Talaud Islands Regency are obesity, family history of hypertension and alcohol consumption. Keywords: Hypertension, Risk factors, Islands Faculty of Public Health Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia Received: 13 December 2020 Revised: 23 December 2020 Accepted: 26 December 2020 *Correspondence: Dr. Febi K. Kolibu, E-mail: febikolibu@unsrat.ac.id Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210025