%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization of the patients in a outpatient clinic of hypertension at one municipality of Risaralda, Colombia, 2005-2012
%A Miguel Dar¨ªo Valencia-Garc¨ªa
%A Olga Lucia Aguilar
%A Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
%J Revista M¨¦dica de Risaralda
%D 2012
%I Universidad Tecnol¨®gica de Pereira
%X Objectives: To describe the characteristics of patients evaluated at the consult of high blood pressure (HBP) of the Hospital San Vicente de Pa¨²l of Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda, Colombia, attended during the period 2005-2012. Study design: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study. Study area: Hospital San Vicente de Pa¨²l of Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda, Colombia. Patients: Population attended at the program of detection of HBP with suspect of disease that was admitted to the consult of HBP of the Hospital. Measurements: Different demographical and clinical variables were evaluated, including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, weight, height and body mass index, among others. Results: From 6030 patients, 62.5% were found with overweight/obesity (64.7% in females and 57.4% in males, OR=1.363; 95%CI 1.217-1.527) (74.7% in those 20-59 years-old and 53.2% in ¡Ý60 years-old, OR=2.597; 95%CI 2.326-2.899). For the blood pressure, 95.5% (95%CI 95.010-96.068) presented prehypertension/HBP values, being higher in those 20-59 years-old (89.4%) than in those ¡Ý60 years-old (81.2%)(OR=1.961; 95%CI 1.686-2.278). Conclusion: Current study allowed to characterize the patients population that attended the HBP service of the reference hospital at the municipality during more than 6 years; from this one there are no previous studies and this shown a considerable proportion of the population with blood pressure alterations as well also high values of BMI, being remarkable the significant predominance among those 20-59 years-old, compared to those 60 and above, possibly linked to factors such as services demand as well cultural and nutritional issues.
%K High blood pressure
%K risk factors
%K epidemiology
%K diagnosis
%K prevention
%K Risaralda
%K Colombia
%U http://revistas.utp.edu.co/index.php/revistamedica/article/view/7971/4827