Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative

Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative

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Background: the prevalence of hypertension has increased, associated to inadequate alimentary patterns, decrease of Post Workout Supplements physical activity, and other behaviour patterns related to toxic habits.Objective: characterizing the prevalence of hypertension in the Area I Cienfuegos in 2010 - 2011.Methods: 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.

Results: 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.Conclusions: 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 Walkie Talkie obese presented a prevalence of hypertension two times bigger than the ones that did not have these risk factors.