Figure 1: Linear correlation of BP components with age, W, W/H and eGFR. Table 2: Determinants of blood pressure in multiple linear regression analysis. VARIABLES SBP (MMHG) DBP (MMHG) Β SE N=95 Β SE P (Intercept) 41.901 15.542 0.008 29.875 10.043 0.003 Age (ans) 0.609 0.126 <0.001 0.075 0.082 0.236 W 0.173 0.202 0.393 0.196 0.131 0.013 W/H RATIO 12.191 11.051 0.027 13.339 7.141 0.003 W/Height ratio 8.331 31.986 0.015 2.782 20.668 0.893 EGFR (ML/MIN/1.73M2) -0.035 0.051 0.006 -0.019 0.033 0.016 HR (BPM) 0.137 0.104 0.189 0.193 0.067 0.005 HDL-C (MG/DL) -0.094 0.039 0.016 -0.067 0.025 0.008 R2= 0.427 R2= 0.471 Abbreviations: SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; SE: Standard Error; HR: Heart Rate; H: Hip circumference; W: Waist circumference; HDLc: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate. channel blockers in 37 patients (56%) and diuretics exception of central obesity (p = 0.009), DM (p = 0.008) and in 36 (54.5%) were the most commonly used drugs. CKD (p = 0.080) whose rate was higher among Field & BP control achieved in 24 subjects (36.4%) was better General officers, the proportions of the other CVRFs were (p = 0023; Figure 2) with combined therapy (54.2%) similar across the various military rank categories (Table 3). than monotherapy (26.2%). The control of hypertension Overweight predominated among the Swahili p = 0.016), did not differ across the military rank categories nor central obesity among the Luba (0.014), subclinical across ethnic groups. atherosclerosis (0.048), and CKD (0.047) among the Ngala. The difference was not significant for the other Other cardiovascular risk factors CVRFs (Table 4). The proportion of subjects with other cardiovascular risk factors is shown in Table 3 for the overall study population Determinants of high blood pressure and for the various military grade categories and in Hypertensive group (n = 114) had a higher propor- table 4 by ethnic group. Field & General Officers tended tion of elderly subjects ≥60 years (p = 0.013), with to be older than the two other rank categories. With the central obesity (p = 0.006), subclinical atherosclerosis (p <0.001), morbid risk (p = 0.001), CMR (p = 0.002), Figure 2: Hypertension control by therapeutic modality. hypertriglyceridemia (p = 0.043), proteinuria (p = 0.009), and CKD (p = 0.003) than non-hypertensive patients (Table 5). The proportion of other CVRFs was similar among hypertensive and normotensive participants. The determinants of hypertension in univariate and multivariate analysis appear in Table 6 in univariate analysis, age ≥60years (p = 0.019), Ngala ethnic group VOL. (p = 0.013), central obesity (p = 0.009) and CKD (p = 0.004) 94/3 were significantly associated with hypertension.In a International Review of the Armed Forces Medical Services 88 Revue Internationale des Services de Santé des Forces Armées