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This letter raises methodological criticisms regarding a recent study on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in 102 Brazilian hypertensive patients, specifically concerning blood pressure criteria.
This letter raises methodological concerns about a prior study's diagnostic criteria for hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
Recently, Bulhoes and Araujo (1) reported a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in 102 Brazilian hypertensive patients, especially when using International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria for the metabolic syndrome (2). We have some methodological criticisms regarding their study: blood pressure levels were not described; criteria adopted for diagnosis of hypertension were not those recommended by the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (3); and data …
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Rodrigues et al. (2007) conducted a letter in Hypertension and metabolic syndrome (n=102). This letter raises methodological criticisms regarding a recent study on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in 102 Brazilian hypertensive patients, specifically concerning blood pressure criteria.
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