%0 Journal Article
%T Hypertension in Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006
%A Barquera
%A Sim¨®n
%A Campos-Nonato
%A Ismael
%A Hern¨¢ndez-Barrera
%A Luc¨ªa
%A Villalpando
%A Salvador
%A Rodr¨ªguez-Gilabert
%A C¨¦sar
%A Durazo-Arviz¨²
%A Ram¨®n
%A Aguilar-Salinas
%A Carlos A
%J Salud P¨²blica de M¨¦xico
%D 2010
%I Instituto Nacional de Salud P¨²blica
%R 10.1590/S0036-36342010000700010
%X objective: to describe the prevalence of hypertension among mexican adults, and to compare to that observed among mexican-americans living in the us. material and method: the 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 >140 and/or diastolic was >90 or patients previously diagnosed. results: a 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. conclusions: hypertension 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%).
%K high blood pressure
%K obesity
%K type 2 diabetes
%K dyslipidemias
%K national surveys.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0036-36342010000700010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en