Prevalencia de síntomas habitualmente asociados a la hipertensión arterial en población normotensa e hipertensa / Prevalence of headache, epistaxis, subconjunctival hemorrhages and dizziness in people with normal or high blood pressure
Rev. méd. Chile
; 130(2): 160-166, feb. 2002. tab, graf
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RESUMO
Background:
High blood pressure should be symptomless. However, popular knowledge attributes some symptoms such as headache, epistaxis or dizziness to high blood pressure.Aim:
To compare the prevalence of headache, epistaxis, subconjunctival hemorrhages and dizziness in people with normal or high blood pressure. Subjects andmethods:
A representative sample of an urban population in Chile was studied. Each subject with high blood pressure was paired with a non-related individual of the same sex and age. These subjects were interrogated about the presence of symptoms.Results:
One thousand forty eight subjects with high blood pressure (481 male) and 1052 individuals with normal pressure (483 male), were studied. In subjects with high or normal blood pressure, the prevalence of headache was 22 and 21.8 percent respectively, epistaxis was 11.6 and 11 percent respectively, dizziness was 7.4 and 7.6 percent respectively, tinnitus was 9.1 and 9.4 percent respectively and subconjunctival hemorrhage was 2.9 and 3.1 percent respectively (p = NS).Conclusions:
No differences in the prevalence of symptoms, popularly attributed to hypertension, were observed between subjects with normal or high blood pressure
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Hypertension
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev Med Chil
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Rev. méd. Chile
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Rev. méd. Chile (En línea)
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Revista médica de Chile
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Country of publication:
Chile