Obesity and arterial hypertession in “CS type C Las Palmas Patients”

Abstract

Studies from different countries agree that obese patients have a higher prevalence of developing hypertension. This increases the risk of presenting irreversible changes at the cardiovascular, renal and retinal levels. Objective: To determine if obesity is a risk factor to develop high blood pressure. Materials and Methods: Non-experimental, cross-sectional, correlational design; 615 hypertensive patients from the Las Palmas health center participated in the period september - november 2016. Results: Of 7500 patients treated, 615 have a diagnosis of arterial hypertension, 13.17% have a high cardiovascular risk of degree of hypertension 2 and 3, of these 37.24% are overweight, 16.59% have normal nutritional status, 45.20% obesity and 0.89% super obesity with a very high cardiovascular risk. 84% of hypertensive patients have nutritional disorders weighing overweight and obesity. Of the total population covered by the health center, 8.2% suffer from hypertension, if this percentage is compared with the total population of hypertensives in Ecuador corresponding to 7%, it is inferred that Esmeraldas is the city with the highest percentage in relation to the country. Conclusions the 37.24% of hypertensive patients are overweight, the female being older than the male sex at a rate 2.2. 16.59% are in a normal nutritional state; 45.20% have a nutritional status of obesity. The highest prevalence occurs in women with a ratio of 7.3 to 1 with respect to men. 0.69% suffer from extreme obesity.