Examinando por Autor "Jiménez Hernández, Gustavo Edgardo"
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- ÍtemCaracterización epidemiológica de los pacientes adscritos al programa de hipertensión arterial del Hospital San Juan De Dios del municipio de La Ceja Antioquia durante el periodo 2015Jiménez Hernández, Gustavo Edgardo; Romero Ospina, Manuel FranciscoHigh blood pressure (HBP) continues to be one of the main risk factors for cerebrovascular events and coronary heart disease in older adults. Hypertension is managed, and with good control is achieved not only reduce mortality but also significantly reduce problems due to limitations caused in the elderly. However, high blood pressure should not always be considered a normal disease of old age. Therefore, the objective of epidemiologically characterizing a population attached to the hypertension program at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the municipality of La Ceja - Antioquia was proposed. The logistic regression analysis allowed to estimate the simultaneous correlation between the predictor variables and hypertension. Sex, type of social security, cardiovascular risk, systolic and diastolic blood pressure values, comorbidities such as dyslipidemia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD were statistically significant p value = <0.005.