Introduction:

The relationship of blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular events is independent of other risk factors and when hypertension coexists with other factors, it can be enhanced, resulting in a higher total cardiovascular risk than the sum of its individual components.

Objective:

to determine the total cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients in clinic 12 of the Los Palacios municipality during the year 2022.

Methods:

descriptive and cross-sectional study; universe 203 hypertensive patients aged 18 years and older; sample 183 patients with a diagnosis of arterial hypertension who met the inclusion criteria. Summary measures were used for qualitative data.

Results:

female sex (67,2 %) and age 60 years and older (57,4 %) predominated; family history of hypertension, sedentary lifestyle and obesity prevailed as risk factors. Forty-three percent were classified as moderate risk. The relationship between pulse pressure greater than 60 mm Hg and cardiovascular disease was highly significant.

Conclusions:

the moderate and high total cardiovascular risk categories predominated in hypertensive patients, so it is necessary to work with the identified risks for better prevention and control.

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