_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: olotujoy@yahoo.com; Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice 5(3): 14-22, 2022; Article no.AJMPCP.85134 Point Prevalence of High Blood Pressure among Students of University of Port Harcourt Joy Emamoke Olotu a* , Precious Ojo Uahomo b,c and Zita Chioma Ukwuani b a Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. b Department of Biomedical Technology, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. c Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/85134 Received 20 January 2022 Accepted 28 March 2022 Published 02 April 2022 ABSTRACT Introduction: Hypertension is a long term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. Over the last decade, it has been demonstrated that the prevalence of mild hypertension in youth aged from 18-30 years is more common than expected and is progressively rising. Methods: This study documented the point prevalence of high blood pressure among the student population of the University of Port Harcourt by determining the body mass index, level of physical activities and socioeconomic status. A cross sectional study was conducted among the University of Port Harcourt students within a period of two weeks. A total of 300 students were sampled and anthropometric data such as height, weight and age were collected. Participants were aged 19-30 years. 48.7% were observed to be female while 51.3% were of the male gender. Result: The point prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension was observed to be high among the students 11.3% and 31.7% respectively. It was observed that 36.3% of the male students had normal blood pressure while 76.6% of the female students had normal blood pressure, this accounted to be 22.3±0.14years for the mean age normotensive, 22.6±0.37years for pre-hypertensive and 23.2±0.14years for hypertensive. The body mass index (BMI) of the Original Research Article