Hypertension: Comparison of predisposing factors in adults (case Milagro canton)

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the main public health problems, it affects approximately 972 million people in the world. The present investigation establishes a comparison in the incidence of predisposing factors in the development of hypertension, in adults of the city of Milagro, through a cross-sectional research of a non-experimental type, which was taken as a population The sectors: Las Piñas and San Miguel 2, obtaining a sample of 70 individuals of both sexes with an age of 45 to 65 years, a survey was applied as a research instrument, where it could be highlighted as the main risk factors in the development of the HTA, family history with 34% and 43%, age with 60% and 57% respectively, another aspect is that in Las Piñas HTA is present in men with 57% and in women with 43%, and in San Miguel 2 51% in women and 49% in men, unhealthy lifestyles are present in both sectors as predisposing factors. It is concluded that the predisposing factors with greater incidence in the development of AHT in Adults aged 45 to 65 were family genetics in Las Piñas with 40% parents and San Miguel 2 with 20% maternal grandparents and age with 54% and 69% respectively, with lifestyle being a high factor impact since it mostly affects both citadels.