Covid-19 is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 which affects respiratory, gastrointestinal and neurological systems. It not only causes atypical pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but also, acute cardiac damage, acute renal failure and gastrointestinal complications.1 It is a disorder that not only presents with fever and respiratory symptoms but can involve the nervous system with varied presentations in form of cerebrovascular accident, loss of taste, loss of smell, myelopathy, neuropathy, meningitis and encephalitis.2 Some cases of Guillain–Barre syndrome (GBS) associated with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in the literature. GBS is acute immune mediated inflammatory polyradiculopathy.3 GBS presents as limb weakness or cranial nerve weakness, loss of deep tendon reflex, autonomic dysfunction due to peripheral nerve demyelination and sensory root demyelination.

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Introduction: Obesity, defined on the basis of anthropometric measures is a global epidemic and threatening to healthy population worldwide. A research from China among young adults (20--44 years) recorded six and two times the risk of hypertension (HTN) in individuals who were obese and overweight, respectively, relative to normal weight individuals. This study highlights about anthropometric indices and its association with HTN among young medical students at rural medical college. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1,000 medical students had been enrolled. Anthropometric indices like body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist to hip ratio (WHR), neck circumference (NC) as per South East Asian guidelines were measured in all students. Results: Among young medical students, the prevalence of obesity defined by BMI, WC, WHR, and NC was 46.5%, 32.4%, 57.3%, and 8.4%. Among males, there was significant positive correlation of BMI with SBP ( P < 0.0001) and DBP ( P < 0.0001), whereas WC ( P < 0.0001) and WHR ( P = 0.012) had positive and significant correlation with SBP but not with DBP. Correlation of NC with SBP and DBP was negative but did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.266 and P = 0.670, respectively). Among females, there was significant positive correlation of BMI with SBP ( P < 0.0001) and DBP ( P < 0.0001), WC had significant positive correlation with SBP ( P < 0.0001,) and DBP ( P < 0.0001). Correlation of WHR was significant with DBP ( P = 0.002) but not with SBP ( P = 0.055). Conclusion: The prevalence of HTN in this study was 9.8% in young medical students overall and varies according to anthropometric indices. The prevalence rate varies in males and females depending on the anthropometric measures.