December 1, 2001Arquivos Brasileiros de CardiologiaOpen Access

Hypertension and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in a community in Southeast Brazil: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study

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Population

2,314 adults from a representative sample of the community of Bambuí, Southeast Brazil.

Design

Cohort

Authors

SBSandhi Maria BarretoPreventive Cardiology VPValéria Maria de Azeredo PassosUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto JFJosélia Oliveira Araújo FirmoFaculdades Oswaldo Cruz

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Implication

Supports integrated risk assessment in primary care; extends clustering observations to Brazilian community cohorts.

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Population

2,314 adults (820 younger adults and 1,494 older adults) from a representative sample of the community of Bambuí, Southeast Brazil.

Outcome

Prevalence of hypertension and clustering of other cardiovascular risk factors

Hypertension is highly prevalent in this Brazilian community and strongly clusters with other cardiovascular risk factors, emphasizing the need for comprehensive global risk management.

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Barreto et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cd78c90c42991d50eae57 https://doi.org/10.1590/s0066-782x2001001200008

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Hypertension management

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Hypertension and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in a community in Southeast Brazil: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Topics

Hypertension and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in a community in Southeast Brazil: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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