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Hipertensão arterial na cidade de São Paulo: prevalência referida por contato telefônico

2010; Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC); Volume: 95; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0066-782x2010005000051

ISSN

1678-4170

Autores

Décio Mion, Angela MG Pierin, Isabela M. Benseñor, Júlio César M. Marin, Karla Ryuko Abe Costa, Luiz Fernando de Oliveira Henrique, Natália Alencar de Pinho, Rodrigo do Carmo Couto, Tales Eduardo Laurenti, Thiago Arthur Oliveira Machado,

Tópico(s)

Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

Resumo

Little is known about the prevalence of hypertension in São Paulo, Brazil.To identify the prevalence of self-reported hypertension in the city of São Paulo.There were 613 telephone interviews using directories of household land-lines. The sample was calculated with an estimated prevalence of hypertension in 20.0%.The prevalence of self-reported hypertension was 23.0% and 9.0% of respondents reported that the value of their last pressure measurement was greater than 140/90 mmHg, but they were unaware that they were hypertensive, with a total prevalence 32.0%. Hypertensive patients reported that: 89.0% were under treatment and 35.2% were controlled; 27.0% miss medical appointments; 16.2% stop taking drugs; 14.8% have a history of stroke; 27.8% had heart disease and 38.7% had hypercholesterolemia; 71.2% received advice to reduce salt, 64.6% to perform physical activity, 60.0% to lose weight loss and 26.2% to control stress; and 78.9% measured pressure regularly. There was a statistically significant relation (p < 0.05) for: 1) missing medical appointments with longer treatment and irregular health monitoring; 2) stop taking the drugs with smoking, alcohol and failure to monitor health; 3) carry out treatment for hypertension with dyslipidemia, higher age and longer use of contraceptives for women; and 4) body mass index changed with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, uncontrolled systolic blood pressure and use of more than one anti-hypertension drug.The prevalence of self-reported hypertension in the city of São Paulo resembles the prevalence found in other studies.

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