Case-control study on filestyle in hypertensive and normotensive

Objective: to analyze the relationship between lifestyle and other variables on hypertension. Method: this is about a case-control study performed with 120 users of the health unit of the district of Porto S o Mateus/ES, matched the offer for one hypertensive of three normotensive. The instrument used was the profile of individual lifestyle as well as issues related to socio-economic profile. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, of the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (043/2010). Results: there was a greater chance of developing hypertension with advancing age. The lifestyle was not statistically significant with hypertension, despite a greater exposure among normotensives. This fact can be attributed to a greater concern and health care by hypertensive only after the confirmation of the diagnosis of hypertension. Conclusion: adopting a healthy lifestyle from infancy to occur in order to prevent hypertension and not only serve as a treatment.