The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico
This study shows that in Mexico, a country at an advanced stage in the epidemiologic transition, with the national burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases, elevated blood pressure is a major clinical and public health problem. 31.7% of the Mexican individuals aged 50 and over had sys...
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| author | Cortés Hernández, Dora Elia Lundelin, Krista J. Picazzo Palencia, Esteban Cruz, Juan J. de la Sánchez, José J. Banegas, José R. |
| author_facet | Cortés Hernández, Dora Elia Lundelin, Krista J. Picazzo Palencia, Esteban Cruz, Juan J. de la Sánchez, José J. Banegas, José R. |
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| description | This study shows that in Mexico, a country at an advanced stage in the epidemiologic transition, with the national burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases, elevated blood pressure is a major clinical and public health problem. 31.7% of the Mexican individuals aged 50 and over had systolic hypertension, and 47.3% were at systolic prehypertensive levels. Also, approximately
half of all cardiovascular deaths that occurred annually in the population of Mexico aged ≥50 years are attributable to above optimal levels of systolic blood pressure. We think these estimates may help order health priorities in Mexico (and other middle-income countries) at a time when the costs of medical care take a considerable share of the gross national product in most countries. |
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| spelling | eprints-152332021-04-19T15:05:29Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/15233/ The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico Cortés Hernández, Dora Elia Lundelin, Krista J. Picazzo Palencia, Esteban Cruz, Juan J. de la Sánchez, José J. Banegas, José R. RC Medicina Interna, Psiquiatría, Neurología This study shows that in Mexico, a country at an advanced stage in the epidemiologic transition, with the national burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases, elevated blood pressure is a major clinical and public health problem. 31.7% of the Mexican individuals aged 50 and over had systolic hypertension, and 47.3% were at systolic prehypertensive levels. Also, approximately half of all cardiovascular deaths that occurred annually in the population of Mexico aged ≥50 years are attributable to above optimal levels of systolic blood pressure. We think these estimates may help order health priorities in Mexico (and other middle-income countries) at a time when the costs of medical care take a considerable share of the gross national product in most countries. 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/15233/1/333.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/15233/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/333.pdf Cortés Hernández, Dora Elia y Lundelin, Krista J. y Picazzo Palencia, Esteban y Cruz, Juan J. de la y Sánchez, José J. y Banegas, José R. (2014) The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico. International Journal of Hypertension, 2014. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2090-0384 http://doi.org/10.1155/2014/427684 doi:10.1155/2014/427684 |
| spellingShingle | RC Medicina Interna, Psiquiatría, Neurología Cortés Hernández, Dora Elia Lundelin, Krista J. Picazzo Palencia, Esteban Cruz, Juan J. de la Sánchez, José J. Banegas, José R. The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico |
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| title | The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico |
| title_full | The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico |
| title_short | The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico |
| title_sort | burden of blood pressure related cardiovascular mortality in mexico |
| topic | RC Medicina Interna, Psiquiatría, Neurología |
| url | http://eprints.uanl.mx/15233/1/333.pdf |
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