• Atencion primaria · Dec 2007

    Comparative Study

    [Follow-up and monitoring of hypertension. Is this performed the same in the autochthonous and immigrant populations?].

    • Laura Palacios Soler, Laura Camps Vila, Mireia Fabregas Escurriola, Miguel Vilaplana Cosculluela, Antoni Dalfó-Baqué, and Xavier Vilaplana Vilaplana.
    • Equipo de Atención Primaria Gòtic, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. kashuo@yahoo.com
    • Aten Primaria. 2007 Dec 1; 39 (12): 651-4.

    ObjectivesTo evaluate the degree of control of blood pressure (BP) in the autochthonous and immigrant populations and to find the variables linked to good control.DesignCross-sectional, observational study.SettingUrban primary care team, Spain.ParticipantsAll patients with hypertension seen between 1/1/2000 and 1/7/2005 and whose origin was known: 1.063 patients in all, 931 autochthonous and 132 immigrant ones.Main MeasurementsThe main variable was hypertension control the last time BP was taken (BP ResultsGood BP control was achieved in 39.2% of autochthonous patients and 25% of immigrants (odds ratio [OR], 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 95% CI, 1.2-2.1). Nevertheless, multivariate analysis indicated age (OR, 1.029; 95% CI, 1.017-1.040) as the sole factor determining good or bad BP control.ConclusionsThe origin of the patient does not affect BP control.

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