Prevalence of prehypertension and associated factors in women

Autor: José do Carmo Rocha, Maria Teresa Bustamante Teixeira, Gulnar Azevedo e Silva, Kristiane de Castro Dias, Maria Lúcia Salim Miranda Duque
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 32, Iss 3, Pp 471-479 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0120-5307
Popis: Objective. To estimate the prevalence of factors associated with prehypertension among 20 to 59 years old women cared for by primary healthcare units that adopted the Family Health Strategy. Method. Cross-sectional study conducted in a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The study's population was composed of 1,773 women with blood pressure below 140/90 mm ​​Hg. The dependent variable was prehypertension (≥120/80 mmHg to
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