Níveis alterados de pressão arterial em jovens, relacionados aos fatores sexo, cor de pele e historia familiar de hipertensão arterial sistêmica

Abstract

Efforts in order to establish a precocious diagnosis of alterations in arterial pressure based on epidemiological information of young peoplasdfflicted with these alterations are welcome in the approach to arterial hypertension. Thus, the present study had as objective to check for changes in blood pressure in 207 young people, between 17 and 24 years old, from the first years of undergraduate courses at the Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Estadual de Maringá – PR – Brazil, and the correlation with the risk factors gender, ethnic group, and family history of systemic arterial hypertension. The pressure 120X180mmHg was considered normal, following orientations of the VII Joint National Committee (VII JNC). The results indicated a greater prevalence of alterations in males, in students with a family history of arterial hypertension and in students of Oriental descend. The only statistic significance obtained was for pressure difference between men and women (p