Control of risk factors in hypertensive patients: A task to fulfill

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death in the Portuguese population, accounting for 29.8% of deaths in 2016, mainly due to stroke (10.6%) and coronary heart disease (CHD) (10.5%).1,2 Hypertension is the single most important risk factor for CV disease.In Portugal, its prevalence is high (approximately 42%), as demonstrated in previous studies, 3,4 increases with age, and is usually associated with other risk factors and comorbidities.The PRECISE study 5 (PREvalence of Cardiovascular RIsk FactorS in patients with high blood pressure in Portuguese primary health care centers) was carried out at primary health care centers (PHCCs) with the primary objective of determining the proportion of patients with hypertension (defined as blood pressure [BP] ≥140/90 mmHg) who presented other cardiovascular risk factors and specific types of target organ damage such as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) detected by ECG and proteinuria.Among the secondary objectives was establishing the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, type 2 diabetes, physical inactivity, family history of CHD, personal history of peripheral

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