Relación entre hipertensión arterial y obesidad central en madres de familia

Arterial hypertension (AHT) is associated with other diseases, pri­marily obesity. Its high prevalence represents a serious health problem in the world. The objective of the study was to determine the relation­ship between arterial hypertension and central obesity in mothers of three urban areas of the city of Durango, Mexico. In order to accom­plish this goal, a cross-sectional study was conducted through a printed validated survey, which included 806 participants. Information about their socio-demographic characteris­tics and background of hypertensive disease was obtained. Measurements of blood pressure, circumference of waist and hip were performed. The analysis included descriptive sta­tistics, tests of independence and epidemiological risk measurement. The participants had age mean of 41.4 years and 9 years of completed schooling. 59.8 % were married, 69.3 % housewives and 87.8 % af­filiated with any health institution. The reported prevalence of hypertension was of 20.3 %; in 50.6 % of the total population family history of the disease was present. Elevated blood pressure obtained by direct measurement was 19.7 %. Systolic hypertension was found in 8.4 % and diastolic in 17.3 %. Abdominal obesity was evident in 82.9 %; the risk of de­veloping AHT was 3.1 times higher in mothers with abdominal obesity. Family history of hypertension and central obesity, one of the main car­diovascular risk factors, increased the risk for developing hypertensive disease. Archive XML (SciELO)