Aspectos clínico-epidemiológicos de la presión arterial en población pediátrica del eje centro norte costero de Venezuela evaluación en el SENACREDH: II. diferencias en la presión arterial de acuerdo a estratos sociales / Clinical-epidemiological aspects of the arterial pressure in the paediatric population from the Venezuela northern seaside axis evaluated by the SENACREDH: II. differences in the arterial pressure according to social strata
In the context of the second national study of humangrowth and development of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (SENACREDH), blood pressure was evaluated in 4017 individuals 6.00 to 19.99 years-old from Carabobo, Aragua, Miranda, Vargas states and Capital District. They represented, for the weighted data, 1.340.738 pop; 54,89% males. Prevalence of isolated blood pressure values > iqual P90 was 4.36% for systolic pressure and 4.62% for diastolic pressure. When those prevalences were adjusted social strata, those from I + II+ III strata presented blood pressure a > iqual P90 prevalence significantly higher, 5,4%, compared to those from IV stratum 4.2% and those fro V stratum 3.8% (X²=965.4; P<0.001) (OR=1.35 [IC 95% 1.32-1.381] I + II + III vs IV + V). These results indicate that those children and teenagers from high social strata families (with better living conditions) present 1.35 times more blood pressure values in ranges corresponding to prehypertension and hypertension, compared to those from low social strata (with less favorable living conditions). This leads to the importance of focus on control and prevention strategies in hypertension in those pediatric populations at higher risk