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2010
- handle: 10670/1.8omjv7
- 0036-3634
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Salud Pública de México
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Simón Barquera et al., « Hypertension in Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.8omjv7
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"OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of hypertension among Mexican adults, and to compare to that observed among Mexican-Americans living in the US. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The primary data source came from adults (>20 years) sampled (n=33366) in the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 (ENSANUT 2006). Hypertension was defined when systolic blood pressure was >140 and/or diastolic was >90 or patients previously diagnosed. RESULTS: A total of 43.2% of participants were classified as having hypertension. We found a positive statistically significant association (p