The frequency of hypertension and their risk factors among arthritis patients attending rheumatologydepartment in a Al-Zahraa Teaching Hospital in Kut city, Iraq , especially in relation to gender, age, BMI , family history of hypertension, and disease activity score and lipid profile.Thehospital-based cases-control study was conducted for patients with arthritis patients attending rheumatology departmentfor a period of 2months from the 1 st January to 1 st March 2019. Arthritis patients with

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... pertension were cases and those without were controls. Among the arthritis patients recruited for this study, 33.3% were males and 66.7% were females. Among these arthritis patients, 25.6%% of male patients were diagnosed with hypertension as opposed to 74.4% of female patients. Majority of arthritis patients were from urban (62.8%%) and rural (37.2%).Hypertension were most prevalent in the age group more than 50 years (62.8%) and least prevalent in the age group 41-50years (0%). The mean HDL, total cholesterol, LDL and VLDL were all higher for arthritis patients with and withouthypertension.There are a significant changes in gender, family history of hypertension, and disease activity score between the study groups (P<0.05).According to the results obtained, the high prevalence of hypertension in the arthritis patients. Hypertension in arthritis patients were still found in old age groups among female. The findings of this study strengthen the case that hypertension is associated with gender, family history of hypertension, and that disease activity score. How to cite this article: Abed SN, Talid W, Ali J (2020): Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors in arthritis patients attending the rheumatology department in Al-Zahraa teaching hospital in Kut city, Iraq, Ann Trop & Public Health; 23 (7): 950-956.