Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative
<strong>Background:</strong> the prevalence of hypertension has increased, associated to inadequate alimentary patterns, decrease of physical activity, and other behaviour patterns related to toxic habits. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> characterizing the prevalence...
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| author | Hilda María Delgado Acosta Karelis Lastre Navarro María Lina Valdés Gómez Mikhail Benet Rodríguez Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> the prevalence of hypertension has increased, associated to inadequate alimentary patterns, decrease of physical activity, and other behaviour patterns related to toxic habits. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> characterizing the prevalence of hypertension in the Area I Cienfuegos in 2010 - 2011. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-section study was conducted. The sampling units were: districts, areas and sections that contained the houses, were the individuals were selected; the sample consisted on 373 people, their blood pressure was taken and an opinion poll was applied, the variables were: age, sex, personal record of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, tobacco addiction, type of physical activity, weight, size, abdominal circumference. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> prevalence of hypertension was a 33.8 %, with predominance of the masculine sex, the 65.0 % of the hypertensive knew their condition and a 35.0 % was hypertensive and did not know it. Only the 23.8 % of the total of them were controlled, and the 44.1 % of them were under treatment. The prevalence of hypertension among smokers was 32.7 %. The 55% were diabetics, the 46.5 % were obese and the 50 % had an altered measurement of the abdominal waist. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> it was detected a hidden prevalence of hypertension and lack of control in patients under treatment with predominance of the masculine sex, among the studied risk factors, the diabetics and the obese presented a prevalence of hypertension two times bigger than the ones that did not have these risk factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fafbbd2d29cd4ca7b113b7761371c64f2022-12-22T02:36:13ZspaUniversidad de las Ciencias Médicas de CienfuegosRevista Finlay2221-24342015-02-0151411199Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN InitiativeHilda María Delgado Acosta0Karelis Lastre Navarro1María Lina Valdés Gómez2Mikhail Benet Rodríguez3Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni4Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez5Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Fundación Universitaria CAFAMUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.<strong>Background:</strong> the prevalence of hypertension has increased, associated to inadequate alimentary patterns, decrease of physical activity, and other behaviour patterns related to toxic habits. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> characterizing the prevalence of hypertension in the Area I Cienfuegos in 2010 - 2011. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-section study was conducted. The sampling units were: districts, areas and sections that contained the houses, were the individuals were selected; the sample consisted on 373 people, their blood pressure was taken and an opinion poll was applied, the variables were: age, sex, personal record of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, tobacco addiction, type of physical activity, weight, size, abdominal circumference. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> prevalence of hypertension was a 33.8 %, with predominance of the masculine sex, the 65.0 % of the hypertensive knew their condition and a 35.0 % was hypertensive and did not know it. Only the 23.8 % of the total of them were controlled, and the 44.1 % of them were under treatment. The prevalence of hypertension among smokers was 32.7 %. The 55% were diabetics, the 46.5 % were obese and the 50 % had an altered measurement of the abdominal waist. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> it was detected a hidden prevalence of hypertension and lack of control in patients under treatment with predominance of the masculine sex, among the studied risk factors, the diabetics and the obese presented a prevalence of hypertension two times bigger than the ones that did not have these risk factors.http://www.revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/322hipertensiónprevalenciafactores de riesgodiabetes mellitusobesidad |
| spellingShingle | Hilda María Delgado Acosta Karelis Lastre Navarro María Lina Valdés Gómez Mikhail Benet Rodríguez Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative Revista Finlay hipertensión prevalencia factores de riesgo diabetes mellitus obesidad |
| title | Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative |
| title_full | Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative |
| title_short | Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative |
| title_sort | prevalence of hypertension in area i cienfuegos municipality second measurement of carmen initiative |
| topic | hipertensión prevalencia factores de riesgo diabetes mellitus obesidad |
| url | http://www.revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/322 |
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