Níveis tensionais de adultos indígenas Suruí, Rondônia, Brasil

Abstract

Níveis tensionais de adultos indígenas Suruí, Rondônia, BrasilBlood pressure levels of Suruí indigenous adults in Rondônia, Brazil

Epidemiology of high blood pressure among the Kaingang people on the Xapecó Indigenous Land in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, 2013

“…Other studies have focused on the prevalence of HBP in adult indigenous peoples using the same diagnostic criteria as ours and found lower prevalence rates and lower mean SBP and DBP 5,26,30,31,32 . Among the Parkatêjê in Pará State, the prevalence rates for high blood pressure were 3.6% in men and 5.9% in women 29 .…”

“…A study by Gimeno et al 31 among the Mehináku, Waurá, and Yawalapití in the Upper Xingu found prevalence rates of 10.8% in men and 6% in women. Among the Suruí, in Rondônia State, prevalence was 2.4% in men and 3.1% in women 5 . Meyerfreund et al 32 recorded an overall prevalence of 20.8% in the Tupinikim in Espírito Santo State.…”

“…A study in 1988 41 failed to identify levels consistent with hypertension. However, 17 years later the prevalence of HBP was 2.4% in men and 3.1% in women, with an increase in mean SBP and DBP 5 .…”

“…The currently available data have not allowed identifying an equivalent trend for Brazil's indigenous peoples as a whole. Even so, while precarious sanitation and difficult access to healthcare services contribute to the prevalence of infectious and parasitic diseases, studies have also pointed to increasingly high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among some Brazilian indigenous peoples 4,5 .…”

“…However, some studies have found an increase in blood pressure levels since contact between indigenous peoples and the non-indigenous population 4,5,9 . In addition, NCDs have increased more rapidly among indigenous peoples when compared to the Brazilian population as a whole 4,5,9,10,11 .…”