Blood pressure in workers of universidad libre barranquilla 2007-2009

Abstract

A cross sectional study was done on 106 workers from Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla to characterize the blood pressure. We evaluated age, gender, socioeconomic status, position held, systolic and diastolic blood pres- sure, serum cholesterol, physical activity and waist circumference. The 73.6% were over 40 years old, the blood pressure ≥ 120 mmHg systolic and / or ≥ 80mmHg diastolic was present in 52%, 31.7% men and 32.31% women, 60% had cholesterol values ≥ 200 mg / dL, 56.1% male and 52.31% female, 57% of people with cholesterol ≥ 200 mg / dL were <50 years, 73.8% of women had a waist circumference> 80 cm and 65.9% of men> 90 cm, 75.47% were sedentary, which 76.9% were women. It is recommended to control blood pressure from 120 mmHg systolic and / or 80 mmHg diastolic, to delay the onset of cardiovascular disease-related events in more than half of work- ers in the institution.