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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Palacios Soler, Laura
• Camps Vila, Laura
• Fabregas Escurriola, Mireia
• Vilaplana Cosculluela, Miguel
• Dalfó-Baqué, Antoni
• Vilaplana Vilaplana, Xavier

Titel

Follow-up and monitoring of hypertension. Is this performed the same in the autochthonous and immigrant populations?

Ist Teil von

• Atención primaria, 2007-12, Vol.39 (12), p.651-654

Ort / Verlag

Spain

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To evaluate the degree of control of blood pressure (BP) in the autochthonous and immigrant populations and to find the variables linked to good control. Cross-sectional, observational study. Urban primary care team, Spain. All patients with hypertension seen between 1/1/2000 and 1/7/2005 and whose origin was known: 1.063 patients in all, 931 autochthonous and 132 immigrant ones. The main variable was hypertension control the last time BP was taken (BP </=140/90 mm Hg and </=130/80 mm Hg in diabetics). In addition, data on country of origin, age, gender, body mass index, cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes, lipaemia, tobacco dependency), further examinations (annual blood analysis and ECG every 2 years) and prescribed medication were recorded. Logistic regression was used to calculate the effect of origin on blood pressure monitoring. Good BP control was achieved in 39.2% of autochthonous patients and 25% of immigrants (odds ratio [OR], 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 95% CI, 1.2-2.1). Nevertheless, multivariate analysis indicated age (OR, 1.029; 95% CI, 1.017-1.040) as the sole factor determining good or bad BP control. The origin of the patient does not affect BP control.