Latar Belakang: Penyakit jantung dan pembuluh darah, khususnya hipertensi, merupakan masalah kesehatan utama di berbagai negara. Hipertensi menjadi penyebab kematian nomor satu di dunia setiap tahunnya dan sering ditemukan pada lansia. Obesitas merupakan salah satu penyebab yang dapat meningkatkan risiko terjadinya hipertensi. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara obesitas dan kejadian hipertensi jangka panjang pada lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas II Denpasar Barat. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain cross-sectional dengan metode pengambilan sampel accidental sampling. Jumlah responden dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 170 orang yang dipilih menggunakan Open Epi. Instrumen penelitian berupa timbangan berat badan, microtoise, dan spigmomanometer air raksa. Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan uji korelasi Spearman’s Rho. Tempat pelaksanaan dilakukan di Puskesmas II Denpasar Barat. Hasil: Hasil penelitian dari 170 responden yang diteliti, sebanyak 116 lansia (68.2%) mengalami obesitas. Dari responden, 74.1% menderita hipertensi tingkat 2 (TK2), dan 25.3% mengalami hipertensi tingkat 1 (TK1). Hanya 0.6% responden yang berada dalam kategori pra-hipertensi. Hasil uji korelasi Spearman menunjukkan tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara obesitas dan hipertensi jangka panjang pada lansia. Kesimpulan: Obesitas tidak berhubungan signifikan dengan kejadian hipertensi jangka panjang pada lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas II Denpasar Barat. Intervensi untuk mengurangi obesitas dapat menjadi langkah penting dalam menurunkan prevalensi hipertensi pada populasi ini. Kata Kunci: Hipertensi, Lansia, Obesitas, Puskesmas Denpasar Barat

Background: In many countries, heart and vascular disease especially hypertension, are serious health issues. The most common cause of death worldwide each year is hypertension, which is common in the elderly. One factor that might increase the risk of hypertension is obesity. Purpose: To determine the correlation between obesity and long-term hypertension among elderly in the working area of Public Health Center II of West Denpasar. Method: This study implemented cross-sectional design with accidental sampling method. There were 170 respondents recruited as sample of the study which were selected by using Open Epi. The research instruments were body weight scales, microtoise, and mercury spigmomanometer. The data were analyzed by using Spearman's Rho correlation test. The setting of this study was at Public Health Center II of West Denpasar. Result: The finding showed that thete were 116 respodents (68.2%) experienced obisity. There were 74.1% of respondents experienced hypertension level II, and there were 25.3% of respondents experienced hypertension level I. There were 0.6% of respondents in pre-hypertension category. The Spearman corellation test showed that there was no correlation between obesity and long-term hypertension among elderly Conclusion: Obesity is not significantly associated with the incidence of long-term hypertension among elderly in the working area of Public Health Center II of West Denpasar. Interventions to reduce obesity may be an important step in reducing the prevalence of hypertension in this population. Keywords: Hipertension, Elderly, Obesity, Public Health Center of West Denpasar