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Arterial hypertension represents one of the major causes of death worldwide, considered as a chronic and prevalent disease of great epidemiological transition. Evaluating the risk factors of this cardiovascular disease is a necessity in the clinical study due to its high prevalence. Its incidence is more reflected in female patients, adults and the elderly, producing high mortality rates in addition to being associated with cerebrovascular accidents, congestive heart failure, end-stage renal disease and peripheral vascular disease, which represent other major causes of deaths causing the collapse of health systems. Arterial hypertension is also associated with other pathologies, genetic factors and environmental factors, such as: obesity, high sodium intake, seden-tary lifestyle, stress, alcohol consumption and smoking. However, many of the risk factors are modifiable, so it is important to know each of them in detail in order to take action in this regard and thus improve the patient's quality of life, control the frequency of complications and even cardiovascular risk. . In this sense, public heal-th entities must contribute with policies and action plans that help combat the growing prevalence of arterial hypertension and risk factors in order to better control this pathology and thus minimize the risks it represents, La hipertensión arterial representa una de las mayores causas de muerte a nivel mundial, considerada como una enfermedad crónica y prevalente de gran transición epidemiológica. Evaluar los factores de riesgo de esta enfermedad cardiovascular, es una necesidad en el estudio clínico debido a su alta prevalencia. Su incidencia se ve más reflejada en pacientes femeninas, adultos y ancianos produciendo tasas elevadas de mor-talidad además de estar asociada con los accidentes cerebrovasculares, insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva, enfermedad renal en etapa terminal y enfermedad vascular periférica, lo cual representan otras causa mayor de decesos provocando el colapso de los sistemas de salud. La hipertensión arterial también se asocia con otras patologías, factores genéticos y factores ambientales, tales como: obesidad, ingesta elevada de sodio, sedentarismo, estrés, consumo de alcohol y tabaquismo. Sin embargo, mucho de los factores de riesgos son modificables por lo que es importante conocer con detalle cada uno de ellos para tomar acción al respecto y de tal manera mejorar la calidad de vida del paciente, controlar la frecuencia de complicaciones e incluso el riesgo cardiovascular. En tal sentido, las entidades de salud pública deben contribuir con políticas y planes de acción que ayuden a combatir la creciente prevalencia de la hipertensión arterial y los factores de riesgo con la finalidad de controlar mejor esta patología y minimizar así los riesgos que representa

Arterial hypertension represents one of the major causes of death worldwide, considered as a chronic and prevalent disease of great epidemiological transition. Evaluating the risk factors of this cardiovascular disease is a necessity in the clinical study due to its high prevalence. Its incidence is more reflected in female patients, adults and the elderly, producing high mortality rates in addition to being associated with cerebrovascular accidents, congestive heart failure, end-stage renal disease and peripheral vascular disease, which represent other major causes of deaths causing the collapse of health systems. Arterial hypertension is also associated with other pathologies, genetic factors and environmental factors, such as: obesity, high sodium intake, sedentary lifestyle, stress, alcohol consumption and smoking. However, many of the risk factors are modifiable, so it is important to know each of them in detail in order to take action in this regard and thus improve the patient's quality of life, control the frequency of complications and even cardiovascular risk. . In this sense, public health entities must contribute with policies and action plans that help combat the growing prevalence of arterial hypertension and risk factors in order to better control this pathology and thus minimize the risks it represents.