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- Title
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS: THE STUDY INCLUDED HYPERTENSIVE PEOPLE IN A POPULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE AMAZON REGION.
- Authors
dos Santos Tavares, Roseneide; Vieira da Silva, Denise Maria Guerreiro; Marcon Dal Sasso, Grace Terezinha; Padilha, Maria Itayra C. S.; Santos, Cintia Rubia M.
- Abstract
Cross-sectional study, retrospective and quantitative character that aimed to estimated the cardiovascular risk factors of 145 users with hypertension of a Amazon community in Belém-PA. The collected data were from the Registration Form of HIPERDIA. The U test, by Mann-Whitney was applied for comparison between genders and the chi-square test to identify the influence of some variable. The software SPSS. 16® was used on the descriptive analysis and MINITAB. 15® to perform the tests. Were identified: high blood pressure, both systolic (89.4%) and diastolic (64.1%), increased abdominal circumference (male: 63.2% female: 88.6%), presence of cardiovascular family history (45.5%), smoking (27.6%), sedentary (57.9%) and overweight and obesity (75.2%). The U Mann-Whitney test showed that showed the average risk factor is equal for men and women and that there is greater influence of sedentary lifestyle in people who had a stroke. The coexistence of risk factors with hypertension is present in 91.1% of the sample. These findings underscore the need for more effective action to control the disease in the study group such as, reduce and control body weight; recommend and encourage proper nutrition and physical activity, controlling blood pressure values, as well as global ratings of living conditions, which would sustain the best recommendations to this group.
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 1, p4
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v13i1.12179