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High prevalence of arterial hypertension in a Brazilian Northeast population of low education and income level, and its association with obesity and metabolic syndrome
- Source :
- Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Vol 58, Iss 2, Pp 209-214 (2012), Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira v.58 n.2 2012, Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB), instacron:AMB, Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-214, Published: APR 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier Editora Ltda. and Brazilian Medical Association.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension (AH) in an adult population with a predominance of families with low education and income levels, in the hinterlands of Pernambuco, Brazil, and to analyze its association with other factors related to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). METHODS: A cross-sectional study in 2008/2009 was conducted with a sample of 198 subjects stratified by age, and representative of the urban adult population of the Canaã district of city of Triunfo, in the hinterlands of Pernambuco, Brazil. RESULTS: One hundred ninety eight individuals with average age of 57.7 years old (31 to 90 years-old), mainly women (65.6%), and with low income and education levels (81.3% with a monthly income of less than one minimum wage) were evaluated. Among these, 127 (64.1%) were identified as having AH, 54 (42.5%) of whom had no prior diagnosis. From those who were previously diagnosed, only 31.3% had good blood pressure control. Higher prevalence was observed in those individuals with lower incomes, higher body mass indexes (BMI), and those with metabolic syndrome (MS). CONCLUSION: These data demonstrated that there was a high prevalence of AH in the urban, low education and income levels adult population of Triunfo, strongly associated with lower income levels, elevated BMI, and the presence of MS; and a high prevalence of bad blood pressure control among the previously diagnosed cases. These results indicate that more effective interventions for early detection and adequate control of this disease and its comorbidities are necessary.
- Subjects :
- Male
Gerontology
obesity
obesidade
Urban Population
Cross-sectional study
Disease
Body Mass Index
Risk Factors
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Medicine
epidemiologia
General Environmental Science
Aged, 80 and over
Metabolic Syndrome
lcsh:R5-920
education.field_of_study
blood pressure
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Hypertension
Income
Educational Status
Female
epidemiology
síndrome X metabólica
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Brazil
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Population
Humans
pressão arterial
education
Aged
business.industry
medicine.disease
Obesity
cardiovascular diseases
Cross-Sectional Studies
Blood pressure
doenças cardiovasculares
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
metabolic syndrome X
Metabolic syndrome
business
Body mass index
Demography
Hipertensão
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01044230
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....508df3f87e7752f936d849cb75926c25
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-42302012000200017