Cómo citar este artículo: Cardona-Arias JA, Arroyave-Martínez EY. Prevalencia de hipertensión arterial en universitarios, Medellín. Curare. 2014; 1(1): 17-26.Resumen. Introducción: la hipertensión arterial (hta) es la enfermedad de mayor importancia en la aparición del riesgo cardiovascular; su control reduce la morbilidad y mortalidad de las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ecv). Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de hta en adultos jóvenes de una facultad de Medicina de Medellín y su asociación con algunos factores de riesgo durante el 2011. Métodos: estudio descriptivo transversal en 100 personas seleccionadas por muestreo estratificado. Se empleó el ipaq y una encuesta sobre estados de cambio y barreras para la actividad física. Los análisis se realizaron con frecuencias, intervalos de confianza, medidas de resumen y pruebas de estadística no paramétrica en spss 20. Resultados: en el actual estudio se encontró una prevalencia de hta del 12%, la cual presentó asociación estadística con la edad y el perímetro abdominal; la prevalencia de obesidad y sobrepeso fue del 20% y la de sedentarismo 66%. Discusión y conclusiones: la elevada prevalencia de hta y algunos de sus factores de riesgo como sedentarismo, barreras para la actividad física y antecedentes familiares de enfermedades cardiacas, evidencian que estudiantes de Medicina constituyen un grupo de alto riesgo para el desarrollo de ecv.Palabras clave: actividad motriz, enfermedad cardiovascular, hipertensión, prevalencia. Prevalence of Arterial Hypertension among University Students in MedellínAbstract. Introduction: Hypertension is the most important factor in the incidence of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and controlling it lowers morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension in young adults at a medical school in Medellin and its association with other cardiovascular risk factors in 2011. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 100 adults selected by stratified sampling. ipaq was used along with a survey about stages of change and barriers to physical activity. Analyses were performed using frequencies, confidence intervals, summary measures and nonparametric statistical tests in spss 20. Results: There was a 12% prevalence of hypertension, which was statistically associated with age and waist circumference, the prevalence of obesity and excess weight was 20% and the rate of sedentarism was 66%. Discussion and Conclusions: The high prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors such as sedentarism, barriers to physical activity and family history of heart disease, show that medical students are a group at high risk for developing cardiovascular diseases.
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