Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador
<strong>Foundation:</strong> cardiac hypertrophy is macroscopically described as an increase in the thickness of the interventricular wall and/or septum and represents a significant stage prior to heart failure. Many heart conditions tend to show differences between the sexes. <br /&g...
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| description | <strong>Foundation:</strong> cardiac hypertrophy is macroscopically described as an increase in the thickness of the interventricular wall and/or septum and represents a significant stage prior to heart failure. Many heart conditions tend to show differences between the sexes. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> determine the association between cardiac hypertrophy and sex of patients in a hospital of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in December 2022 in a hospital of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute. 88 patients were analyzed distributed into two groups: male and female, each with 44 patients. The Mann-Whitney U statistical test was used to determine differences between both groups. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients between 25 and 50 years of age predominated (58.7 %), both males (57.5 %) and females (60 %). In both groups, the majority of patients presented moderate cardiac hypertrophy (52.3 % of both each group and the total). The existence of differences between the degree of cardiac hypertrophy in patients according to their sex could not be demonstrated (result of the Mann-Whitney U test = 934.5; Z = -0.308; p = 0.758). <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> despite the existence of differences in distributions, no relationship was found between sex and the degree of cardiac hypertrophy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c06516dc7fd34a46a5971d9afa2cc2d12025-01-30T21:29:02ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2024-01-012161071132439Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in EcuadorGuido Nino Guida Acevedo0María Fernanda Cueva Moncayo1Piedad Elizabeth Acurio Padilla2Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Santo Domingo. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Santo Domingo. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Santo Domingo. Ecuador.<strong>Foundation:</strong> cardiac hypertrophy is macroscopically described as an increase in the thickness of the interventricular wall and/or septum and represents a significant stage prior to heart failure. Many heart conditions tend to show differences between the sexes. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> determine the association between cardiac hypertrophy and sex of patients in a hospital of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in December 2022 in a hospital of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute. 88 patients were analyzed distributed into two groups: male and female, each with 44 patients. The Mann-Whitney U statistical test was used to determine differences between both groups. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients between 25 and 50 years of age predominated (58.7 %), both males (57.5 %) and females (60 %). In both groups, the majority of patients presented moderate cardiac hypertrophy (52.3 % of both each group and the total). The existence of differences between the degree of cardiac hypertrophy in patients according to their sex could not be demonstrated (result of the Mann-Whitney U test = 934.5; Z = -0.308; p = 0.758). <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> despite the existence of differences in distributions, no relationship was found between sex and the degree of cardiac hypertrophy.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45112sexoasociaciónhipertrofia |
| spellingShingle | Guido Nino Guida Acevedo María Fernanda Cueva Moncayo Piedad Elizabeth Acurio Padilla Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador Medisur sexo asociación hipertrofia |
| title | Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador |
| title_full | Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador |
| title_short | Association between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Sex of Patients from a Hospital in Ecuador |
| title_sort | association between cardiac hypertrophy and sex of patients from a hospital in ecuador |
| topic | sexo asociación hipertrofia |
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