Abstract

TERAZON MICLIN, Oneida. Hidden morbidity from hypertension in adolescents. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.12, pp. 9110-9117. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 85 seventh graders (at ages 10 - 15 years) of "Roberto Rodríguez" secondary school in Santiago de Cuba, during 2010, to determine the hidden morbidity from hypertension in these adolescents. It was found that 5.9% of the students had hypertension and were asymptomatic at that time; also, there were risk factors associated with the disease such as history of developing clinical entity in first-line relatives, toxic habits, unhealthy diet and obesity. Adolescents were referred to pediatrics department to study them. Finally it was concluded that there was hidden morbidity from hypertension in adolescents of this school, associated with genetic and environmental factors (among others), of which some could be modified with proper education to the family and young people affected

Keywords : students; adolescence; hypertension; genetic factors; environmental factors; schools.

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