The prevalence and treatment of hypertension in the elderly population of the Mexican Institute of Social Security
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| contents | The prevalence and treatment of hypertension in the elderly population of the Mexican Institute of Social Security Carlos Durán Carmen García Margaret Thorogood Sandra Reyes Jorge Salmerón Salud aged Mexico prevalence chronic diseases Keywords: hypertension Objective. To assess the prevalence and treatment of highblood pressure among elderly people in Mexico. Materialand Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted fromFebruary to July 1998 among the elderly people covered bythe Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) healthcareservices in Mexico City. The study population consisted of4 777 subjects aged 60 years and over, selected from a cohortof 5 433 people, representative of the population ofMexico City. Trained nurses carried out three blood pressuremeasurements at home. Diagnosis of high bloodpressure was established if systolic pressure was equal toor higher than 160 mmHg, and/or diastolic pressure wasequal or higher than 90 mmHg, or by self-report of a medicaldiagnosis of hypertension. Demographic and risk factorinformation was also collected. Results. A total of 4777 subjects were screened; 2 036 (43%) of them reportedthat they had been previously diagnosed as hypertensive.Of these, 1 954 (96%) were already on pharmacological treatment.A further 273 (5.7%) subjects were found to be hypertensiveat screening. Among those receiving treatment,1 399 (68.5%) had a blood pressure reading of less than160/90 mmHg, and this was also the case for 59 (72%) ofthe known hypertensives not on treatment. A single drugwas used by 1 556 (79.6%) of those on treatment. Riskfactors for hypertension were more frequent in the hypertensivegroup (p£0.05). Conclusions. Almost half ofthe elderly population is hypertensive, most of them arealready on treatment, but about one third of those on treatmentdo not have an adequate control of high blood pressure.The English version of this paper is available too at:http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html 2001 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10643507 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.5 Vol.43 |
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| spellingShingle | The prevalence and treatment of hypertension in the elderly population of the Mexican Institute of Social Security Carlos Durán Salud aged Mexico prevalence chronic diseases Keywords: hypertension The prevalence and treatment of hypertension in the elderly population of the Mexican Institute of Social Security Carlos Durán Carmen García Margaret Thorogood Sandra Reyes Jorge Salmerón Salud aged Mexico prevalence chronic diseases Keywords: hypertension Objective. To assess the prevalence and treatment of highblood pressure among elderly people in Mexico. Materialand Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted fromFebruary to July 1998 among the elderly people covered bythe Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) healthcareservices in Mexico City. The study population consisted of4 777 subjects aged 60 years and over, selected from a cohortof 5 433 people, representative of the population ofMexico City. Trained nurses carried out three blood pressuremeasurements at home. Diagnosis of high bloodpressure was established if systolic pressure was equal toor higher than 160 mmHg, and/or diastolic pressure wasequal or higher than 90 mmHg, or by self-report of a medicaldiagnosis of hypertension. Demographic and risk factorinformation was also collected. Results. A total of 4777 subjects were screened; 2 036 (43%) of them reportedthat they had been previously diagnosed as hypertensive.Of these, 1 954 (96%) were already on pharmacological treatment.A further 273 (5.7%) subjects were found to be hypertensiveat screening. Among those receiving treatment,1 399 (68.5%) had a blood pressure reading of less than160/90 mmHg, and this was also the case for 59 (72%) ofthe known hypertensives not on treatment. A single drugwas used by 1 556 (79.6%) of those on treatment. Riskfactors for hypertension were more frequent in the hypertensivegroup (p£0.05). Conclusions. Almost half ofthe elderly population is hypertensive, most of them arealready on treatment, but about one third of those on treatmentdo not have an adequate control of high blood pressure.The English version of this paper is available too at:http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html 2001 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10643507 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.5 Vol.43 |
| title | The prevalence and treatment of hypertension in the elderly population of the Mexican Institute of Social Security |
| topic | Salud aged Mexico prevalence chronic diseases Keywords: hypertension |
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