Behavior of hypertension in patients older than 15 years, Escuque municipality, Venezuela

Authors

  • Dra. María Agustina Favier Torres
  • Dr. Daniel Mora Paumier
  • Dra. Yudith Margarita Rojas Parra
  • Dra. Lissette Cristina Dorsant Rodriguez
  • Dra. Thelma Durelle Audain Gordon

Keywords:

arterial hypertension, risk factors, sedentary lifestyle, familial pathological antecedents

Abstract

A study was carried out to determine the behavior of hypertension in patients older than 15 years, from the popular clinic La Honda, Escuque municipality, Trujillo State, Venezuela, from January 2012 to January 2013. The universe is constituted by 140 hypertensive patients. The variables were studied: age, sex, occupation and risk factors. The highest number of hypertensive patients was in the age groups of 65-69 years and 50-54 years, and female. The predominant occupation was housewife and the main risk factors associated were sedentary lifestyle and family history of hypertension.

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Favier Torres DMA, Mora Paumier DD, Rojas Parra DYM, Dorsant Rodriguez DLC, Audain Gordon DTD. Behavior of hypertension in patients older than 15 years, Escuque municipality, Venezuela. Rev Inf Cient [Internet]. 2013 Sep. 2 [cited 2025 Apr. 22];81(5). Available from: https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/953

Issue

Vol. 81 No. 5 (2013)

Section

Original Articles