Pengaruh Senam Bugar Lanjut Usia (Lansia) Terhadap Kadar Asam Urat Penderita Hipertensi

: The increase of life expectancy contributes to complex impact on diseases suffered by the elderly. Although it is yet to be considered as a risk factor, data suggests that uric acid is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Exercise is an effort which prevents the increase of uric acid levels. 'Senam Lansia' (Elderly Aerobics) is a light, simple & easy to apply to the elderly. This study has purposed to know about elderly aerobics effects on uric acid levels in patients with hypertension. This study is a one group pre-post test, that was conducted as a field at BPLU Senja Cerah. Elderly aerobics has been doing 3 times in a week for 3 weeks in 30 subjects. The result shows a significant decrease of uric acid levels before and after the exercise, with an average difference of 1,56 mg/dl. The confidence interval value for lower is 0,84 & 2,28 for upper. Based on the result of statistic test, (p) value which is the signification value is 0,00 smaller than the value of alpha (a = 0,05). This study proves that elderly aerobics contributes significantly in the levels of uric acid in patients with hypertension