Epidemiología de la hipertensión arterial en adultos mexicanos: diagnóstico, control y tendencias. Ensanut 2020

Objective. To describe the prevalence of hypertension in Mexican adults, the proportion with controlled blood pres-sure (BP), and the trend in the 2018-2020 period. Materials and methods. BP was measured in 9 844 adults who parti-cipated in the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut, in Spanish) 2020. They were considered to have hypertension or BP controlled when adults met the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC-8) or American Heart Association (AHA) criteria. Results. The prevalence of hypertension was 49.4% (according to JNC-8), of which 70.0% were unaware of their diagnosis. When using AHA criteria, 30.2% of the adults had hypertension and 51.0% were unaware of your diagnosis. Among adults with a previous diagnosis of hypertension, 54.9% had controlled BP. Between the 2018-2020 period, no changes in prevalences were observed. Conclusions. At least a third of Mexican adults have hypertension and of them, at least half have not been diagnosed. The relevance of current hypertension diagnostic programs should be eva-luated because underdiagnosis and poor control can lead to complications and death.