Factors associated to the arterial hypertension in elder people from the Milanés Policlinic. Years 2003-2006

Authors

  • Alicia Vázquez López Policlínico Universitario José Jacinto Milanés. Matanzas
  • Damarys Hernández Suárez Policlínico Universitario José Jacinto Milanés. Matanzas
  • Jesús Rodolfo Almerás García Policlínico Universitario José Jacinto Milanés. Matanzas

Keywords:

angina, arrhythmia, arterial hypertension, associated diseases, elder people, myocardial infarct

Abstract

We made a prospective, descriptive, observational study, with the objective of identifying the factors associated to the arterial hypertension in the elder people population living in an area of 500 m in the periphery of the Milanés Teaching Hospital, using the survey of the investigation group 10/66, internationally validated, applied to 901 elder people. Data were processed and the results were shown in tables and graphics. It was significant that the disease affected predominantly the female genre, in ages between 70 and 74 years-old and more than 80 years-old. Among the diseases associated to the hypertension stood out the heart diseases, and the most frequent of theme were: the arrhythmias, the angina and the myocardial infarct, and also the cerebral diseases, with a predominance of the dementia followed by the ictus. We arrived to the conclusion that the arterial hypertension has a high prevalence in the studied elder population.

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Vázquez López A, Hernández Suárez D, Almerás García JR. Factors associated to the arterial hypertension in elder people from the Milanés Policlinic. Years 2003-2006. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];34(2):121-30. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/937

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Research article

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