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The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated of hypertension in the working area of ​​Puskesmas Bara-barayya, Makassar in 2019. The type of this research is a quantitative study with an observational analytic and  approach to case control research design. The sample consisted of 50 people, 25 case groups and 25 control groups with the sampling method is simple random sampling and purposive sampling. Data analysis used chi square test with significance level α = 0.05. The results showed that there was a relationship between dietary patterns (p value = 0.002, OR = 6.729) with the incidence of hypertension, and there was no significant relationship between sports habits (p = 0.136), alcohol consumption (p = 0.480), smoking behavior (p = 0.074), stress level (p = 0.312), sleep patterns (p = 0.440), and genetic (p = 0.152) with the incidence of hypertension. Puskesmas staff are expected to intervene in community eating patterns in the Bara-Baraya Puskesmas work area.

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