Prehypertension in a Mexican Population: Influence of Age, Gender, and Body Fat

We studied the association of age, gender, and distribution of body fat with prehypertension in a sample of Mexican adults. This study was performed in a sample of 900 adults (275 men and 625 women), with the median age of 42 years. Resting blood pressure was measured in duplicate, and prehypertensi...

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Published inClinical and experimental hypertension (1993) Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 67 - 73
Main Authors Guzmán-Guzmán, Iris P., Salgado-Goytia, Lorenzo, Muñoz-Valle, José F., Salgado-Bernabé, Aralia B., Quiroz-Vargas, Irma, Parra-Rojas, Isela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Informa Healthcare 01.01.2013
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Pressure
body fat
Body Fat Distribution
Body Mass Index
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - etiology
Hypertension - pathology
Hypertension - physiopathology
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Middle Aged
obesity
Obesity, Abdominal - complications
prehypertension
Prehypertension - epidemiology
Prehypertension - etiology
Prehypertension - pathology
Prehypertension - physiopathology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Young Adult
Mexico
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Summary:We studied the association of age, gender, and distribution of body fat with prehypertension in a sample of Mexican adults. This study was performed in a sample of 900 adults (275 men and 625 women), with the median age of 42 years. Resting blood pressure was measured in duplicate, and prehypertension and hypertension were defined according to JNC 7 criteria. The prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in our population was 11.56% and 26.5%, respectively. The prevalence of prehypertension was significantly higher in men than in women. Prehypertension was associated with middle and old age (odds ratio [OR] = 2.6 and 2.4, respectively, P < .001), abdominal obesity (OR = 1.3, P = .008), upper quintiles of body mass index (OR = 2.05, P = .005), waist (OR = 1.97, P = .01) and hip (OR = 2.04, P = .005) circumferences, and body fat (OR = 2.37, P = .001). The main factors associated with the development of prehypertension are age, central obesity, and body fat.
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ISSN:1064-1963
1525-6006
DOI:10.3109/10641963.2012.690470