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Prieto-Díaz MA, Pallares-Carratala V, Manuel Micó-Pérez R, Escobar-Cervantes C, Martín-Sanchez V, Coca A, Barquilla-García A, Velilla-Zancada SM, Polo-García J, Segura-Fragoso A, Ginel-Mendoza L, Hermida-Ameijerias Á, Cinza-Sanjurjo S. Clinical characteristics, treatment, and blood pressure control in patients with hypertension seen by primary care physicians in Spain: the IBERICAN study. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1295174. [PMID: 38173815 PMCID: PMC10763308 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1295174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Objectives To determine the clinical profile, according to the history of hypertension, the risk of developing hypertension, current antihypertensive treatment and BP control rates in patients with hypertension from the IBERICAN cohort. Methods IBERICAN is an ongoing prospective cohort study, whose primary objective is to determine the frequency, incidence, and distribution of CVRF in the adult Spanish population seen in primary care settings. This analysis shows the baseline clinical characteristics of patients with hypertension. Adequate BP control was defined as BP <140/90 mmHg according to 2013 ESH/ESC guidelines. Results A total of 8,066 patients were consecutively included, of whom 3,860 (48.0%) had hypertension. These patients were older (65.8 ± 10.9 vs. 51.6 ± 14.7 years; p < 0.001), had more cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in comparison with those without hypertension. The risk of hypertension increased with the presence of associated CV risk factors and comorbidities, particularly diabetes, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, and decreased with the intensity of physical activity. Regarding antihypertensive treatments, 6.1% of patients did not take any medication, 38.8% were taking one antihypertensive drug, 35.5% two drugs, and 19.6% three or more antihypertensive drugs. Overall, 58.3% achieved BP goals <140/90 mmHg. A greater probability of BP control was observed with increasing age of patients and the greater number of antihypertensive drugs. Blood pressure control was lower in hypertensive patients with diabetes, obesity, the metabolic syndrome, increased urinary albumin excretion, higher pulse pressure, and lack of antihypertensive treatment. Conclusions About half of patients attended in primary care settings have hypertension in Spain. Patients with hypertension have a worse CV clinical profile than non-hypertensive patients, with greater association of CVRF and CVD. Around four out of ten patients do not achieve the recommended BP goals, and higher use of combination therapies is associated with a better BP control.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miguel A. Prieto-Díaz
- Vallobín-La Florida Health Center, Principality of Asturias Health Service, Oviedo, Spain
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Health Surveillance Unit, Mutual Insurance Union, Castellon, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Jaume I University, Castellon, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Epidemiology and Public Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERESP), University of León, León, Spain
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- Hypertension and Vascular Risk Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Casar de Cáceres Health Center, Extremadura Health Service, Cáceres, Spain
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- Milladoiro Health Centre, Health Area of Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), A Coruña, Spain
- Networking Biomedical Research, Centre-Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Pallarés-Carratalá V, Barrios V, Fierro-González D, Polo-García J, Cinza-Sanjurjo S. Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Dyslipidemia and Their Degree of Control as Perceived by Primary Care Physicians in a Survey-TERESA-Opinion Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:2388. [PMID: 36767754 PMCID: PMC9915170 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate, through a survey, the opinion of primary care (PC) physicians on the magnitude of dyslipidemia and its degree of control in their clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS An ecological study was carried out, in which the physicians were invited to participate by means of an online letter. Data were collected at a single timepoint and were based only on the experience, knowledge, and routine clinical practice of the participating physician. RESULTS A total of 300 physicians answered the questionnaire and estimated the prevalence of dyslipidemia between 2% and 80%. They estimated that 23.5% of their patients were high-risk, 18.2% were very high-risk, and 14.4% had recurrent events in the last 2 years. The PC physicians considered that 61.5% of their patients achieved the targets set. The participants fixed the presence of side-effects to statins at 14%. The statin that was considered safest with regard to side-effects was rosuvastatin (69%). CONCLUSIONS PC physicians in Spain perceive that the CVR of their patients is high. This, together with the overestimation of the degree of control of LDL-C, could justify the inertia in the treatment of lipids. Moreover, they perceive that one-sixth of the patients treated with statins have side-effects.
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- Vicente Pallarés-Carratalá
- Health Surveillance Unit, Unión de Mutuas, 12004 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, H Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Alcala University, 28801 Madrid, Spain
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- Milladoiro Health Centre, 15895 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Ramón-Arbués E, Martínez-Abadía B, Granada-López JM, Echániz-Serrano E, Huércanos-Esparza I, Antón-Solanas I. Association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 2020; 28:e3295. [PMID: 32520245 PMCID: PMC7282722 DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.3904.3295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Objective: to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of
workers and to quantify its association with compliance with the
Mediterranean diet follow-up. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on a cohort of 23,729
workers. Clinical data from annual medical examinations and the
Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener were used to assess adherence to the
Mediterranean diet. Results: 51.3% of the participants showed good adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
The multivariate analysis showed an inverse and significant association
between the follow-up of the Mediterranean diet and the prevalence of
abdominal obesity (Odds Ratio = 0.64, 95% CI 0.56; 0.73), dyslipidemia (Odds
Ratio = 0.55, 95% CI 0.42; 0.73), and metabolic syndrome (Odds Ratio = 0.76,
95% CI 0.67; 0.86). Conclusions: our results suggest that the Mediterranean diet is potentially effective in
promoting cardiovascular health. Implementing the interventions promoting
the Mediterranean diet in the working population seems justified.
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- Enrique Ramón-Arbués
- Universidad San Jorge, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Esp, Espanha.,Grupo de Investigación Tranfercult (Exp. H27-20D), Zaragoza, Esp, Spain
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- Universidad de Zaragoza, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Esp, Espanha.,Grupo de Investigación Tranfercult (Exp. H27-20D), Zaragoza, Esp, Spain
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- Universidad de Zaragoza, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Esp, Espanha.,Grupo de Investigación Tranfercult (Exp. H27-20D), Zaragoza, Esp, Spain
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