Abstract

FERNANDEZ MILAN, Ana Mary  and  NAVARRO DESPAIGNE, Daysi Antonia. Total adiposity and its abdominal distribution. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2010, vol.36, n.3, pp. 433-439. ISSN 1561-3062.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between the total adiposity and its abdominal distribution with the arterial pressure levels in middle-age women. METHODS: A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in four consulting rooms of the "19 de Abril" University Polyclinic from the Plaza de la Revolución municipality. A total of 229 women aged between 45 and 59 were studied to determine the body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) was measured registering the arterial pressure figures. RESULTS: The 72 % of study women had excess weight; the 38 % had a waist circumference ³88 cm, the 37 % was hypertensive. There was a highly significant association between the BMI and the high blood pressure and between the WC and the high blood pressure. There was also an incidence of 65 pre-hypertensive patients and 11 hypertensive patients. CONCLUSION: The hypertensive percentage increases according to an increase in BMI, the high blood pressure is more frequent in women with WC = 88 cm, the high blood pressure percentage is greater in postmenopausal women.

Keywords : High blood pressure; total adiposity; middle age; waist circumference; body mass index; menopause.

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