Characterization of arterial hypertension in adults under 30 years of age in a hospital of Paraguay

Abstract

Introducción: la hipertensión arterial constituye el principal factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de enfermedades cardiovasculares. Su detección en adultos jóvenes obliga a buscar una causa secundaria y potencialmente corregible. Objetivo: determinar las características clínicas de la hipertensión arterial en adultos menores de 30 años de edad que acuden al Hospital Nacional, Itauguá, Paraguay, en el periodo 2019-2021. Sujetos y métodos: estudio descriptivo observacional retrospectivo de corte transversal donde se incluyó 50 pacientes entre 18 y 30 años de edad con hipertensión arterial. La investigación fue

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“…As for the results of sex and age, we observe that they have low cardiovascular risk, this is because by making healthy habits, it allows people with hypertension to keep the disease stable and that no risk factors are evidenced that compromise their health [40][41][42][43][44][45]. However, when a person does not make healthy habits, these risks can occur regularly in the male sex than in the female sex, since men are more likely to contract hypertension because they do not make healthy habits when they are young, sedentary lifestyle, excessive consumption of tobacco and alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, not performing any activity physical and inadequate nutrition, over time causes the disease, however in the female sex [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], blood pressure is low before reaching menopause, between the ages of 48 to 52 years, cardiovascular risks and hypertension tend to be greater, since the decrease in female hormones and estrogen are not the only cause that can cause hypertension in women, but also factors such as obsessity, high cholesterol or high triglycerides may be evidenced in it [54][55][56][57][58][59][60].…”

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“…As for the results of sex and age, we observe that they have low cardiovascular risk, this is because by making healthy habits, it allows people with hypertension to keep the disease stable and that no risk factors are evidenced that compromise their health [40][41][42][43][44][45]. However, when a person does not make healthy habits, these risks can occur regularly in the male sex than in the female sex, since men are more likely to contract hypertension because they do not make healthy habits when they are young, sedentary lifestyle, excessive consumption of tobacco and alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, not performing any activity physical and inadequate nutrition, over time causes the disease, however in the female sex [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], blood pressure is low before reaching menopause, between the ages of 48 to 52 years, cardiovascular risks and hypertension tend to be greater, since the decrease in female hormones and estrogen are not the only cause that can cause hypertension in women, but also factors such as obsessity, high cholesterol or high triglycerides may be evidenced in it [54][55][56][57][58][59][60].…”