期刊名称：Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade
印刷版ISSN：1809-5909
电子版ISSN：2179-7994
出版年度：2014
卷号：9
期号：32
页码：273-278
语种：Portuguese
出版社：Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC)
摘要：Objective: to observe the evolution of the prevalence of hypertension in the Brazilian elderly population between 2006 and 2010. Methods: descriptive, ecological, quantitative study of the prevalence of hypertension among the Brazilian population aged 65 years or above, with data collected through telephone interviews from 2006 to 2010, obtained from the Information Technology Department of the Brazilian Public Health System (DATASUS), related to sex, region and education. Results: we found no significant difference in the prevalence of hypertension across Brazilian regions in the period analyzed. In women aged 65 years or above, the prevalence of hypertension was higher than in men in that same age group. With regard to education, we found that in people with 9-11 years of schooling the prevalence of hypertension in 2006 was significantly lower than in 2008 and 2009. Across Brazilian regions, the lower the education level the higher the prevalence of hypertension. Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension in the population aged 65 years or above did not follow a linear trend but remained elevated, predominantly in elderly females and elderly people with low schooling, calling attention to the importance of preventing risk factors and to the long-term follow-up of people with hypertension.
