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To determine the relationship between prehypertension (PH) and socioeconomic factors in a Hispanic population, it was carried out this communitybase study, in Venezuela, that included 2109 adult subjects -males (n1⁄4570) and females (n1⁄41539)mean-age1⁄437 13 years, who were chosen from a random selection of households. Information about age, gender, educational level (EL) and blood pressure was collected at a single household visit. Pre-hypertension was defined as blood pressure values of 120-139/ 80-89 mmHg. Socioeconomic level was estimated using the educational level (EL) of each subject. The EL was classified in 4 categories: elementary, high and technical school and university degree. The Odds Ratio (OR) and 95% Confidence Interval (CI) were calculated through the Logistic Regression Analysis to know the relationship between PH and EL. The PH prevalence was 38.9% (n1⁄4821) in all subjects, 57.0% (n1⁄4325) in males and 32.2% (n1⁄4496) in females (p |
