Prevalence and factors associated with arterial hypertension in adults living in Senador Canedo, Goiás, Brazil: A population-based study, 2016

Abstract

Objective: To estimate prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in adults in Senador Canedo, Goiás, Brazil, in 2016. Methods: This was cross-sectional survey, with three-stage cluster sampling. A questionnaire was applied and weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure and total cholesterol levels were measured. Poisson regression was used to estimate prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Results: Hypertension prevalence was 23.6% (95%CI – 19.3;28.6) among the 709 participants. The associated factors were: Sedentarism (PR=1.7 – 95%CI% 1.1;2.5); enlarged waist circumference (PR=5.9 – 95%CI 3.6;9.6); hypercholesterolemia (PR=2.6 – 95%CI 1.3;5.2); and age ≥60 years (PR=2.9 – 95%CI 1.3;6.2). Conclusion: Hypertension prevalence was lower than that described for Brazil as a whole in 2013. Physical inactivity, accumulated abdominal fat and age were factors associated with hypertension.