Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Southern Cone of Latin America

Rubinstein, Adolfo; Irazola, Vilma; Calandrelli, Matías; Chen, Chung-Shiuan; Gutiérrez, Laura; Lanas, Fernando; Manfredi, Jose A.; Mores, Nora; Poggio, Rosana; Ponzo, Jacqueline; Serón, Pamela; Bazzano, Lydia A.; He, Jiang

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“…Our study also showed that highly educated people usually had a lower rate of hypertension than those with low education levels. This finding was consistent with several other studies [23][24][25]. It may reflect that factors associated with hypertension are similar among different ethnicities.…”

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Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in northeast China: a population-based cross-sectional survey

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Hypertension has been recognized as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We aimed to analyze the current prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in northeast China. This cross-sectional survey adopted the multistage stratified random cluster sampling method to obtain a representative sample of adults aged 40 years or older in the general population of northeast China. Hypertension was defined as a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 90 mm Hg, or self-reported use of antihypertensive medications in the last 2 weeks irrespective of BP. Altogether 4052 participants were included with weighted prevalence of hypertension of 57.3%. Among them, 47.4% were aware of their condition; 78.8% took antihypertensive medication, but only 10.2% had their blood pressure controlled. Individuals who were overweight/obesity, with dyslipidemia, or diabetes were at a higher risk of hypertension; these people also more likely to be aware of their condition. Subjects with a personal history of stroke were more inclined to receive antihypertensive medication, but that did not necessarily translate to well-controlled hypertension. Moreover, dyslipidemia (OR = 0.600; 95% CI: 0.375, 0.960) were associated with poor hypertension control. Subjects using combination of antihypertensive medications (OR = 2.924; 95% CI: 1.606, 5.325) or with a family history of coronary heart disease were more likely to have their blood pressure controlled. Our study identified a high prevalence of hypertension in northeast China. Although awareness and treatment rates improved over the last decade, the control rate remained disproportionately and unacceptably low.

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Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in northeast China: a population-based cross-sectional survey

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“…Research on HTN prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control has been conducted in many regions of the world, with varying results. Prevalence of HTN has been reported to be as low as 13.4% in Bogota up to as high as 42.5% in several cities of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay . In comparison, many other regions of the world have a prevalence that falls within this range, such as Canada (20%), China (29.6%), Korea (33.7%), Lebanon (36.9%), and Estonia (36%) .…”

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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in a small northern town in Nicaragua: The Elieth‐HIFARI study

Valladares

Sándigo

Rivera³

et al. 2019

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Background and aims Hypertension is considered the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is associated with high levels of morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure. The negative effects of hypertension and its complications are preventable if those at risk are appropriately treated and controlled. Continually monitoring the epidemiological trends of hypertension is essential to formulate and evaluate public health measures to limit its negative effects. The herein presented Elieth‐HIFARI study sought to estimate the prevalence of hypertension, as well as the prevalence of related awareness, treatment, and control in a small town in Central America. Methods A population survey to assess cardiovascular risk was conducted (n = 577, 55.3% women, mean age 42.4 years) in the municipality of San Rafael del Norte in northern Nicaragua, between November 2016 and March 2017, based on the STEPwise method by the World Health Organization and the recommendations by the World Hypertension League. Results The overall prevalence of hypertension, awareness, treatment, and control was 28.1%, 72.2%, 68.5%, and 36.4%, respectively. Men had a lower prevalence of all indicators (22.5%, 60.3%, 53.4%, and 24.1%, respectively) compared with women (32.6%, 78.8%, 76.9%, and 43.3%, respectively). The median systolic blood pressure was 118.5 mm Hg (20.5 interquartile range [IQR]) (men: 123.0 mm Hg vs women: 115.5 mm Hg, Mann‐Whitney U test P < .001), and the mean diastolic blood pressure was 78.0 mm Hg (13 IQR) (men: 77.0, women: 78.0). Conclusion Hypertension is highly prevalent in San Rafael del Norte, while control rates are low despite the relatively higher levels of awareness and treatment. Furthermore, women have much higher prevalence of hypertension than men, along with higher awareness, treatment, and control. However, the control rate for those treated for hypertension was low, irrespective of sex.

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“…Además, este trabajo muestra que, para ambos sexos, el riesgo de presentar HTA aumenta sobre los 25 años de edad, en personas con historia familiar de HTA y con diagnóstico de DMT2. Estos resultados coinciden con lo reportado por otros estudios que señalan que la edad se asocia independientemente con el desarrollo de HTA y que un bajo nivel de educación también influirá en su desarrollo 9,11,20 . A nivel antropométrico, el exceso de peso es, sin duda, uno de los principales factores de riesgo para el desarrollo de diferentes enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles.…”

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Factores de riesgo asociados al desarrollo de hipertensión arterial en Chile

Petermann

Durán²,

Labraña³

et al. 2017

Rev. méd. Chile

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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Southern Cone of Latin America

Cited by 46 publications

References 27 publications

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in northeast China: a population-based cross-sectional survey

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in northeast China: a population-based cross-sectional survey

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in a small northern town in Nicaragua: The Elieth‐HIFARI study

Factores de riesgo asociados al desarrollo de hipertensión arterial en Chile

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