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dc.contributor.authorSantos Silva, Diego Augusto
dc.contributor.authorPetroski, Edio Luiz
dc.contributor.authorPeres, Marco Aurelio
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-15T00:15:58Z
dc.date.available2022-02-15T00:15:58Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn0034-8910en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0034-89102012000600008en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/412332
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess the prevalence and factors associated with prehypertension and hypertension among adults. Methods: Population-based cross-sectional study carried out with a sample of 1,720 adults in the city of Florianópolis, southern Brazil, from September 2009 to January 2012. Information on demographic and socioeconomic factors, health-related behaviors, anthropometric measures, morbidities, and self-rated health was collected through household interviews. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels were also assessed as well as use of antihypertensive medications and medical diagnosis of hypertension. The dependent variable was categorized as normal blood pressure, prehypertension and hypertension. Polytomous multiple logistic regression analysis was performed with use of a multinomial logit model. Results: The overall prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension was 36.1% (95%CI 33.3;38.8) and 40.1% (95%CI 36.6, 43.5), respectively. The polytomous regression analysis showed that prehypertension was significantly associated with males, black skin, 50-59 years of age, leisure-time physical inactivity, and pre-obesity. Hypertension was associated with males, 40 years of age or more, intermediary tertile of per capita family income, less than 12 years of schooling, leisure-time physical inactivity, pre-obesity, obesity, abdominal obesity, and negative self-rated health. Conclusions: It is pressing to introduce effective public health policies to control hypertension among adult population in Florianópolis, Southern Brazil.en_US
dc.languagePortugueseen_US
dc.publisherRevista De Saúde Públicaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom988en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto998en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue6en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRevista De Saúde Públicaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume46en_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Healthen_US
dc.subject.keywordsHypertensionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEpidemiologyen_US
dc.titlePrehypertension and hypertension among adults in a metropolitan area in Southern Brazil: population-based studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSantos Silva, DA; Petroski, EL; Peres, MA, Prehypertension and hypertension among adults in a metropolitan area in Southern Brazil: population-based study, Revista De Saúde Pública, 2012, 46 (6), pp. 988-998en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-07-23
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.date.updated2022-02-15T00:12:01Z
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