• Salud pública de México · Jan 2010

    Comparative Study

    Hypertension in Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006.

    • Simón Barquera, Ismael Campos-Nonato, Lucía Hernández-Barrera, Salvador Villalpando, César Rodríguez-Gilabert, Ramón Durazo-Arvizú, and Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas.
    • Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. sbarquera@insp.mx
    • Salud Publica Mex. 2010 Jan 1; 52 Suppl 1: S63-71.

    ObjectiveTo describe the prevalence of hypertension among Mexican adults, and to compare to that observed among Mexican-Americans living in the US.Material And MethodThe primary data source came from adults (>20 years) sampled (n=33366) in the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 (ENSANUT 2006). Hypertension was defined when systolic blood pressure was >or=140 and/or diastolic was >or= 90 or patients previously diagnosed.ResultsA total of 43.2% of participants were classified as having hypertension. We found a positive statistically significant association (p<0.05) between hypertension and BMI, abdominal obesity, previous diagnosis of diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. Subjects with hypertension had a significantly higher odd of having a history of diabetes or hypercholesterolemia. Hypertension had a higher prevalence in Mexico than among Mexican-Americans living in the US.ConclusionsHypertension is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in Mexico. In the last six years in Mexico, a substantial increase (25%) has been observed in contrast to the reduction seen among Mexican-Americans (-15%).

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