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 | Dora E. Cortés-Hernández Krista J. Lundelin Esteban Picazzo-Palencia Juan J. de la Cruz José J. Sánchez José R. Banegas |
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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 | doaj-art-c2c8ab9ca5f04608b5a1e3c540c1753f2025-02-03T05:54:03ZengWileyInternational Journal of Hypertension2090-03842090-03922014-01-01201410.1155/2014/427684427684The Burden of Blood-Pressure-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in MexicoDora E. Cortés-Hernández0Krista J. Lundelin1Esteban Picazzo-Palencia2Juan J. de la Cruz3José J. Sánchez4José R. Banegas5Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Center for Research and Development on Health Science, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, 64460 Monterrey, NL, MexicoDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Center for Research and Development on Health Science, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, 64460 Monterrey, NL, MexicoDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, SpainThis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/427684 |
| spellingShingle | Dora E. Cortés-Hernández Krista J. Lundelin Esteban Picazzo-Palencia Juan J. de la Cruz José J. Sánchez José R. Banegas The Burden of Blood-Pressure-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in Mexico International Journal of Hypertension |
| 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 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/427684 |
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