Frecuencia de hipertensión arterial en pacientes de 40 a 60 años atendidos en un centro de salud de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Hypertension is the main cardiovascular risk factor. Annually in the Americas there are 1.6 million deaths due to cardiovascular disease, of which about half a million are aged 70 years and the cause of death of 17 million people in the world. The objective: of the study is to determine the frequency of arterial hypertension in patients from 40 to 60 years of age served in a health center in the city of Guayaquil. Methodology: a descriptive, quantitative and prospective study was carried out. The population is made up of 51 patients who attended the medical consultation in Subcentro de Salud N ° 3 aged 40- 60 years from May to August 2018. Results: the population with the highest prevalence of arterial hypertension was found to be the female gender with 69% and that the age were older than 56 years and blood pressure levels in greater prevalence fluctuated between 140 -159 mmHg systolic pressure and 90-99 mmHg diastolic pressure and risk factors associated with high blood pressure they are obese, sedentary and diabetes mellitus and the symptoms and associated signs were headache, dyspnea, edema of extremities of the lower limbs and chest pain. Conclusions: arterial hypertension is a chronic non-transmissible disease and is considered a risk factor for the development of other cardiovascular complications.