Quality of anthropometric data of hypertensive users seen at the Family Health Program and its correlation with risk factors

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the quality of anthropometric data, obesity and other risk factors of hypertensive patients seen at the Family Health Program in the city of João Pessoa, Brazil. It is a study of cohort to examine registration data, records and personal interviews retrospectively. The study investigated the quality of data through the imputation of missing records in hypertensive patients enrolled, whose comparison of indicators constructed before and after was done by the t'Student test, besides calculating the odds ratio, the logistic regression, in order to establish a possible association between these variables and the dependent variable. There was a significant correlation p< 0.001 between the anthropometric measurements of waist circumference and waist-hip ratio with those obese subjects with hypertension. Additionally, there was found to be a significant correlation p<0.01 between patients with hypertension and their age. The results suggest an increased prevalence of high blood pressure with age and associated anthropometric indicators.