Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Prevalence of the Different Types of Systemic Arterial Hypertension in Mexican Elderly

Abstract

Lourdes Marcos Ramírez, Miguel Ángel Mendoza Romo, Francisco Javier López Esqueda, Héctor Gerardo Hernández Rodríguez, Gonzalo Ramón González González, María Cleofás Ramírez Arriola and Marco Vinicio González Rubio

Objective: To determine the types of presentation of blood pressure figures in elderly hypertensive patients, in the Health, Welfare and Aging survey (SABE) in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study. Secondary analysis of the group of elderly participants in the multicenter SABE study, who underwent blood pressure measurements. Results: A total of 1018 women and 805 men were included, with an average age of 71 ± 8.2 years. The types of arterial hypertension (HA) present were: isolated systolic hypertension (35.7%), isolated diastolic hypertension (32%), and systolic-diastolic hypertension (32.3%). There was no relationship in the distribution of HA with height above sea level. In older adults with diabetes, mean arterial pressure (PAM) was higher. Discussion: We found that all three types of hypertension maintain balanced percentages of almost one third each, lack of early detection of isolated diastolic hypertension.