Factores de riesgo de hipertensión arterial en la población de 20 a 64 años de edad del Consultorio 1 del Centro de Salud Santiago de Guayaquil. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Between 20% and 35% of the adult population of Latin America and the Caribbean has hypertension. In Ecuador, the prevalence of arterial hypertension is more frequent in the urban area. Materials and Methods: observational, crosssectional, relational study. I includ e a population of 198 adults from the 1 postgraduate office of Family and Community Medicine of the Santiago de Guayaquil Health Center in 2018, with the purpose of relating the risk factors associated with arterial hypertension. The statistical test that was used to test the hypothesis was Chi square. Results: The average age of the 198 persons included in the study was 48.68 ± 10.38, the minimum age was 23 years and the maximum age was 64 years. The age group that prevailed was 55 to 59 and 60 to 64 years with 35 people, corresponding to 17.70%. In relation to sex, women predominated with 130 women (65.70%). 162 people were self-identified as mestizos, corresponding to 81.80%. Those of secondary school level prevailed with 106 (53.50%). In terms of occupation, 87 work on their own (43.90). The identified risk factors that had statistical association (p-value <0.05) with hypertension are age, family history of the disease, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, chronic kidney disease, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, salt intake and the nutritional status. Conclusions: This study identifies some of the main factors associated with hypertension in the people of the Santiago de Guayaquil Health Center community.