Algunos factores de riesgo de la cardiopatía hipertensiva

a case-control study of patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension seen in specialized consultation was conducted to identify if there is a association among different supposedly influential factors on the development of the hypertensive heart disease. patients were selected in a random way 1:2 (300 cases: 600 controls). patients aged over or equal to 63 tripled the risk to suffer the disease (or 3.02; ci 95 % 2.27-4.03) and smoking double it (or 2.06; ci 95 % 1.55-2.73). within the cardiovascular risk biomarkers are the reactive c protein raising the risk to more than 13 (or 13; ci 95 % 9.70-19.3) followed by creatinine (or 5.03; ci 95 % 3.37-7.51) and glycemia (or 4.96; ci 95 % 93.61-6.81). disease course time (or 4.26; ci 95 % 3.18-5.72), hypertension degree (or 2.21; ci 95 % 1.65-2.96), and lack arterial hypertension control (or 2.16; ci 95 % 1.63-2.87) were the risk factors. we conclude with a logistic regression analysis showing that reactive c protein, uric acid, glycemia and microalbuminuria are the more significant independent risk factors for the disease development.