Estudio EPRAS: Estudio poblacional del riesgo cardiovascular de una población colombiana

Objectives: To describe the behavior of risk factors associated with hypertension, reportedconsumption of drugs and metabolic profile in a population of patients evaluated in the inter-nal medicine department of the Hospital Departamental Felipe Suárez of Salamina (in Caldas,Colombia) during the period between October and December 2012.Materials and methods: We evaluated 400 patients with hypertension of the internal medi-cine department of the Hospital Departamental Felipe Suárez during the months of October,November and December 2012. Registration forms were applied and processed in descriptiveform.Results: We found a prevalence of sedentarism of 43.7% and smoking of 9.3%. In 84.3% ofhypertensive patients evaluated we found controlled blood pressure. 73.3% had poor control ofLDL cholesterol levels. The diuretics were the group of anti hypertensive medication with thehighest consumption (87.2%).Conclusions: primary prevention and control of cardiovascular risk factors should be turnedinto a priority, healthy public policy in the health system, which impacts the entire population,in order to decrease the rising prevalence of so-called large adult syndromes and those whichare responsible for the higher rates associated with morbidity and mortality in the generalpopulation through promotion of healthy lifestyles, physical activity and early detection of riskfactors.