| Revista: | Revista chilena de nutrición |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000326123 |
| ISSN: | 0716-1549 |
| Autores: | López Rodríguez, Guadalupe1 Galván García, Marcos1 Muzzo, Santiago1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Santiago de Chile. Chile |
| Año: | 2009 |
| Periodo: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 36 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginación: | 1139-1143 |
| País: | Chile |
| Idioma: | Español |
| Tipo de documento: | Estadística o encuesta |
| Enfoque: | Descriptivo |
| Resumen en español | prevalencia de hipertensión en adultos chilenos. La ingesta de salu fue alta tanto en adultos y niños, constituyendo un factor de riesgo de hipertensión arterial |
| Resumen en inglés | Arterial hypertension has increased sharply in Chile, during the last 3 decades. The National Health Survey (2003) registered a 33.7% prevalence in Chilean population over 17years of age. It is known that an excessive sodium intake is a risk factor for arterial hypertension (AH). Objective: To measure urinary sodium excretion in an exploratory study in school age children and adults of a borough of the Metropolitan Region, and later on increase to a representative population sample. Subjects and method: 158 school age children of both sexes aged 10.6 ±2.5 years and 48 adults older than 20 years were evaluated. Weight was measured in 0.1 kg precision scale (SECA model 286). Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated according to the formula weight (kg)/stature (m)2. Arterial pressure was measured with a mercury manual sphygmomanometer. Urinary sodium in 24 hours was calculated with the formula of Tanaka et al. This information was used to predict theoretical NaCl intake using the equation Na mg/day = Na mEq/d x 23; NaCl = Na g/d x 100139.3. Results: BMI in children was 19.2 ± 4,9 In 28.6% and 40.5% of adults diastolic and systolic pressure were higher than 90 mm Hg and over 130 mm Hg, respectively. In 1.7% and 0.9% of children systolic and diastolic pressure were high, according to age and sex. Salt intake per day was calculated assuming that all sodium ingested was consumed as NaCl. Children NaCl intake was 3 ±2.2 g per day and in adults was 10.4 ±2.5 g per day. Conclusions: BMI was elevated in children and adults in accordance with the high obesity prevalence in the country. The high percentages of elevated blood pressure present in adults were in accordance with high prevalence of hypertension in Chilean adults. Salt intake was high in children and adults constituting a risk factor of hypertension in our population |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Metabolismo y nutrición, Salud pública, Sistema cardiovascular, Excreción urinaria, Sodio, Obesidad, Hipertensión arterial |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Cardiovascular system, Metabolism and nutrition, Public health, Urinary excretion, Sodium, Obesity, Arterial hypertension |
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