[Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors in Population Aged 16 to 90 Years Old in Valencia Region, Spain].

2016 
OBJETIVO: La hipertension es un importante factor de riesgo en terminos de mortalidad atribuible y como factor de riesgo cardiovascular modificable. El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la prevalencia de hipertension arterial en poblacion mayor de quince anos de la Comunitat Valenciana y describir su asociacion con determinados factores etiologicos. METHODS: Cross-sectional population-based study in 413 men and 415 women between 16 and 90 years participants in Nutrition Survey of Valencia held in 2010. Data were collected through household survey and blood pressure was measured using an automated sphygmomanometer. Hypertension was defined according to criteria established in 2007 by the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology. Strength of association between hypertension and associated factors was measured by binary logistic regression for demographic explanatory variables, family history, lifestyle, anthropometric variables and others. RESULTADOS: La prevalencia de hipertension estimada para la Comunidad Valenciana fue de 38,2% [IC95% 34,9-41,5]; 40,7% en hombres [IC95%35,0-45,5] y 35,7% en mujeres [IC95% 31,1-40,3]. La edad [45-64 anos OR: 4,3, IC 95% 2,1-8,8; 65 o mas anos, OR 15,5, IC 95% 7,2-33,2)], la categoria ponderal [sobrepeso OR 2,1 IC95% 1,3-3,2; obesidad OR 5,3, IC95% 3,3-8,5] y padecer diabetes [OR 2,4, IC95% 1,2-4,8] se constituyeron como variables asociadas con hipertension. CONCLUSIONES: Mas de un tercio de la poblacion estudiada padece hipertension. La probabilidad de presentarla aumenta con la edad. El sobrepeso asi como la diabetes mellitus duplican la probabilidad de padecerla.
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