dc.description.abstract | The hypertension is the main factor of cardiovascular disease in the world. The
hypertension has various factors, one of the risk factors is oral contraceptives use in
woman. Prevalence of hypertension have increased 30,73% in 2012 at Jember with a
high prevalence at Sumbersari by 1519 woman with hypertension. The purpose of this
study is to analyze the association between age, the duration of using oral
contraceptives, type of oral contraceptives and regularity blood pressure checkup
with hypertension among oral contraceptives user at Sumbersari District Area in
Jember Regency in 2014. This research was cross sectional study.The sample was 70
women who use oral contraceptives in last two years. The result is presented in the
table, text and analyzed by Chi-Square with the level significance 5% (α=0,05). The
result showed that the average respondent with hypertension is an age 37 years old
with the duration of using oral contraceptives 8 year. The most type of oral
contraceptives which is used contain 0.03-0.05 mg estrogens and most of them is not
regularity blood pressure checkup. There are significant associated between age and
the duration of using oral contraceptives with hypertension. However, there are not
significant associated between type of oral contraceptives and regularity blood
pressure checkup with hypertension. | en_US |