With the rapid aging of the global population, the incidence of chronic diseases in the elderly population has also increased (Prince et al., 2015). Some of the common chronic diseases include hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease, gastropathy, and arthritis. Of these, both hypertension and diabetes increase the risk of cardiac-related diseases (Ettehad et al., 2016). According to the World Health Organization, cardiac disease is the leading cause of death worldwide (Anderson et al., 2016). Cardiac-related chronic diseases require longterm observation and tracking. Therefore, it is very important to reduce the incidence and mortality of chronic diseases through health checkups and regular blood pressure and blood
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