Prevalencia y factores asociados a la hipertensión arterial ensencial en pacientes mayores de 40 años, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, 2013

Abstract

Objective To determine the prevalence and associated factors with arterial hypertension in patients older than 40 years hospitalized in the Department of internal medicine of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, during the year 2013.

Material and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted, in a sample of 460 patients, calculated on the basis of the 95% confidence level, 5% prevalence of Diabetes mellitus type 2 and 2% error of inference, with the following formula Z^2 pq/e^2. The data were collected directly and analyzed with Software SPSS version 15.

Results The mean age was 66 years ± 16 SD, 54.3% were women, 62.2% lived in urban areas and median years of schooling was 6. The prevalence of hypertension was 52.4% (95% CI 47.8-57.0) in men 45.2% and women 58.4%, and the association was significant with a sedentary lifestyle, dyslipidemia and family history of hypertension (p <0.05) and there was no association with overweight, obesity and smoking (p> 0.05).

Conclusions The prevalence of hypertension was 52.4% and is associated with sedentary lifestyle, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus and a family history of hypertension.

KEY WORDS: HYPERTENSION, PATIENTS, RISK FACTORS, HOSPITAL VICENTE CORRAL MOSCOSO.