Copyright © 2020 by Author/s and Licensed by Modestum Ltd., UK. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Electronic Journal of General Medicine 2020, 17(5), em217 e-ISSN: 2516-3507 https://www.ejgm.co.uk/ Original Article OPEN ACCESS Association of Body Composition and Anthropometric Measurement with Hypertension among Workers in Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Nurul Putrie Utami 1 *, Cita Eri Ayuningtyas 1 , Widodo Hariyono 2 1 Foodservice Industry, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) Yogyakarta, INDONESIA 2 Public Health Science, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), Yogyakarta, INDONESIA *Corresponding Author: nurul.putrie@culinary.uad.ac.id Citation: Utami NP, Ayuningtyas CE, Hariyono W. Association of Body Composition and Anthropometric Measurement with Hypertension among Workers in Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. Electron J Gen Med. 2020;17(5):em217. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/7880 ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Received: 6 Feb. 2020 Accepted: 8 Mar. 2020 Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between anthropometric and body composition measurement with the risk of hypertension among office workers. Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional study in office workers population in Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. The subjects of the study were 125 persons (72 males and 53 females) aged 20 - 60 years. The measurement of anthropometry was using an electronic digital scale for weight, microtoise for height, and meter line for waist circumference. In analysing body composition such as total body fat and visceral fat, we were using Bioelectrical Impendence Analyzer (BIA) Body Composition Monitor Omron Karada Scan HBF-375. Blood pressure was measured by an automatic blood pressure monitor OMRON HEM-7120. Hypertension was classified if the blood pressure of systolic ≥140 and diastolic ≥90. The association between risk factors variables and hypertension status was analysed by chi-square test and multiple logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of hypertension was found 18.6% in male and 13.21% in female. All risk factors were similar between male and female (p>0.05). Body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHtR), and total body fat were not statistically significant with hypertension status (p>0.05). The statistically significant risk factors of hypertension only found in waist circumference and visceral fat (p=0.036; p=0.002). Results of multivariate analysis, visceral fat remains significant in predicting hypertension, with 4.87 times higher risk of having hypertension in workers if having high visceral fat (95% CI 1.722-13.7831) Applications/Originality/Value: This study shows that the prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension among workers were high. Thus, controlling modifiable risk factors is very important. Maintain the waist circumference and visceral fat in normal range with proper healthy lifestyle were needed especially in office workers. Keywords: hypertension, office workers, body mass index, visceral fat, waist circumference INTRODUCTION Hypertension is a health problem that has an impact on various diseases. High blood pressure was associated with increased risks of all-cause mortality, Chronic Heart Disease (CHD), stroke, and kidney disease (1). The prevalence of hypertension has continued to increase over the past few years, including in Indonesia (2). Nowadays, hypertension has occurred not only in the elderly but also in younger age and sometimes undetectable, except for people who routinely checked their health status. Office workers are one of the populations vulnerable to hypertension. Working patterns that sit more increase the risk of obesity. Based on the results of research, workers who sit more than 6 hours per day on risk for obesity compared to those who sit less than 45 minutes per day (3). Higher prevalence of over-nutrition can impact to financial loss of the institution because of higher health cost spending, absenteeism, work hours lost, and worker loss (4,5). Monitoring health status by weighing frequently was one of the principal messages for Indonesian’s Nutrition Balance Guideline 2014. Based on weighing, we can assess body mass index which was one of the risk factors of hypertension. However, there was another anthropometric measurement who were closely related to hypertension, such as the measurements of waist circumference and waist ho height ratio (WHtR) (6-8). Limitation of anthropometric measurement was it can’t distinguish between weight of fat mass and fat-free mass in overall body weight. Moreover, some research also showed that hypertension was also determined by the amount of fat inside the human body (9). Some of the previous research showed varying result of hypertension risk factors and not specific for workers population (10,11). In this study, we would investigate which indicators of anthropometric and body composition measurement that predict hypertension in workers. We also would analyse which factors that become the strongest predictors of hypertension in workers. Thus, it can be the