Prevalencia de hipertensión arterial y dislipidemias en escolares y adolescentes en Valera Estado Trujillo. Venezuela

the objective of the research was to determine the prevalence of arterial hypertension and dislipidemia in children and teenagers in valera. a descriptive study was designed, in 157 children and 180 teenagers, between march and july, 2005. central tendency and dispersion measures were calculated and student ？t？ and mann- whitney test were used to compare summary statistics. hypertension was not detected in children but 3 presented hypercholesterolemia and hipertrigliceridemia (prevalence 1,9 %). two teenagers were detected with diastolic hypertension (prevalence 2,5 %), 2 hypercholesterolemia and 6 hipertrigliceridemia (prevalence 1,1 % and 3,3 %). there was demonstrated a progressive increase of the arterial pressure by the age, and sexual dimorphism in lipids plasma patterns.