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Hipertensão arterial e sua correlação com alguns fatores de risco em cidade brasileira de pequeno porte / Arterial hypertension and its correlation with some risk factors in a small brazilian town / Hipertensión arterial y su correlación con algunos factores de riesgo en ciudad brasileña de pequeño tamaño

Nascente, Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira; Jardim, Paulo César Brandão Veiga; Peixoto, Maria do Rosário Gondim; Monego, Estelamaris Tronco; Moreira, Humberto Graner; Vitorino, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira; Souza, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso de; Scala, Luiz Nazário.
Arq. bras. cardiol ; 95(4): 502-509, out. 2010. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-568967

BACKGROUND:

Arterial hypertension (AH) is a health problem that affects a large number of undiagnosed or inadequately treated hypertensive individuals and presents a high rate of treatment nonadherence.

OBJECTIVE:

To estimate the prevalence of AH and its correlation with some cardiovascular risk factors among the adult population of the town of Firminopolis, state of Goiás, Brazil.

METHODS:

Descriptive, observational and cross-sectional population-based study of a simple random sample (age > 18 years) standardized questionnaires with blood pressure (BP) measurements (AH criterion BP > 140 x 90 mmHg), weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Data were stored (Microsoft Access) and analyzed using Epi-info software.

RESULTS:

We evaluated 1,168 individuals, with a predominance of the female sex - 63.2 percent and a mean age of 43.2 ± 14.9 years. There was a prevalence of overweight in 33.7 percent of the individuals and obesity in 16.0 percent of the individuals. There was a prevalence of altered WC in 51.8 percent demand of smoking in 23.2 percent. A sedentary life style at work and leisure activities was present in 67.6 percent and 64.8 percent of the individuals, respectively, with a higher proportion seen among the women. Alcohol consumption was observed in 33.3 percent of the sample. The prevalence of AH was 32.7 percent, higher among the men (35.8 percent) than among the women (30.9 percent). A positive correlation with AH was identified with BMI, WC and age range. A negative correlation was observed between AH and level of schooling, with 18.2 percent of hypertensive individuals with 9 or more years of schooling.

CONCLUSION:

A high prevalence of AH, overweight and WC alteration was identified. The female sex represented a protective factor for the risk of AH. A positive correlation was found between AH and BMI, WC and age range; a negative correlation was identified between AH and level of schooling.
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