Hipertensão arterial e sua correlação com alguns fatores de risco em cidade brasileira de pequeno porte
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2010
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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% and a mean age of 43.2 ± 14.9 years. There was a
prevalence of overweight in 33.7% of the individuals and obesity in 16.0% of the individuals. There was a prevalence of altered WC in 51.8%
demand of smoking in 23.2%. A sedentary life style at work and leisure activities was present in 67.6% and 64.8% of the individuals, respectively,
with a higher proportion seen among the women. Alcohol consumption was observed in 33.3% of the sample. The prevalence of AH was 32.7%,
higher among the men (35.8%) than among the women (30.9%). 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% 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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Hipertensão, Fatores de risco, Adulto, Prevalência, Mulheres, Goiás, Brasil, Hypertension, Rsk factors, Adult, Prevalence women, Brazil
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NASCENTE, Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira et al. Hipertensão arterial e sua correlação com alguns fatores de risco em cidade brasileira de pequeno porte. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Rio de Janeiro, v. 95, n. 4, p. 502-509, 2010.