Key result
Prehypertension affected 21.1% of Peruvian adults (30.5% of men and 14.4% of women), with abdominal obesity being a key associated risk factor in both sexes.
Why the study?
Prehypertension increases the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, prompting evaluation of its association with main cardiometabolic risk factors by sex in the Peruvian population.
What is the prevalence of prehypertension and its associated cardiometabolic risk factors among adults in Peru?
Cross-Sectional (n=863)
Yes
What is the prevalence of prehypertension and its associated cardiometabolic risk factors among adults in Peru?
Prehypertension affects approximately one-fifth of adults in Peru, with distinct sex-specific cardiometabolic risk profiles such as abdominal obesity and smoking.
May inform sex-specific cardiometabolic screening in prehypertension; hypothesis-generating, requires prospective validation before practice change.
Prehypertension is a clinical condition that increases the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. In South American countries, prehypertension affects almost one-third of the population. The aim of the present study was to determine the association between prehypertension and the main cardiometabolic risk factors according to the US National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III by sex in the Peruvian population. A total of 863 participants surveyed were included in the study. A total of 21.1% had prehypertension, 14.4% of whom were female, and 30.5% were male. Women belonging to the age group 50-59 years, having abdominal obesity and being a current smoker, were more likely to have prehypertension, while the likelihood of having prehypertension increased in men with abdominal obesity. Three out of 10 men and one out of 10 women in Peru have prehypertension. In women, being 50 to 59 years of age, having abdominal obesity, and being a current smoker, increased the probability of having prehypertension, whereas, in men, only abdominal obesity was found to be associated with prehypertension. Our findings will allow the development of prevention strategies focused on the appropriate diagnosis of prehypertension and cardiometabolic risk factors according to sex.
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Hernández‐Vásquez et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Prehypertension (n=863). Cardiometabolic risk factors (abdominal obesity, smoking, age 50-59) vs. Absence of risk factors was evaluated on Prevalence of prehypertension. Prehypertension affected 21.1% of Peruvian adults (30.5% of men and 14.4% of women), with abdominal obesity being a key associated risk factor in both sexes.
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