They report there are more obese, diabetic and hypertensive patients

The 35 per cent of the Dominican population over 18 years of age suffers from hypertension; 30.8% presents general obesity; 10 per cent is diabetic and 31 percent are overweight, reality which affects equally the population secured and unsecured, according to the results of the study of factors risk Cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome (Efricard II) disclosed yesterday.

Research requires that the epidemiological profile of Dominicans is nuanced by hypertension, bad eating habits and little physical exercise. It was made by the Dominican Institute of Cardiology and Dominican societies of Cardiology and endocrinology, sponsored by the national health (Senasa) insurance. The values that measure the risk have been increasing between Dominicans in comparison with the results of this same study conducted in 1998. However, smoking declined to move for 22 per cent to eight per cent. At the time the u000ahypertension affects 30%; to eight percent diabetes and obesity to 17% of the population.

El doctor Rafael Pichardo, responsible for research, to make known the results, considered scandalous that of every 100 adults in the country, 35 are hypertensive, as that is the leading cause of death among adult men and women. The greatest risks occur after 45 years, so called face that reality.

A universe of 5,000 people studied, between 18 and 70 years of age, of different social classes, 41% of hypertensive patients insured belongs to the subsidized regime (poor people), and 37 per cent to the contributory (employees who bring to the system); in obesity, 32 percent of the contributory and 30.3 per cent comes from the subsidized, and diabetes mellitus, 22.1 per cent is the contributory scheme and 23% of the subsidized.

Research covered the National District, South, East and regions Cibao, taking samples both in sectors of u000alower class in high- and.

Obesity
60% of the studied presents visceral obesity, of which 68.3 per cent is of the contributory scheme and 72.4% subsidized.

Study reveals that 16% of the studied population is walking to work, and these are those who have lower levels of bad cholesterol, according to the cardiologist Ángel González Medina, demonstrates the importance of physical exercise as a lifestyle change.

Results were offered during a Conference of the press led by Dr. Pichardo and Dr. Altagracia Guzman Marcelino, Executive Director of Senasa, who considered the study as a fundamental tool for the country at the time of adopting health policies, and said that it demonstrated the need to initiate actions of promotion and prevention. He pointed out that with this study Senasa, which administers the health risks at no cost to more than 2 million people u000apoor, gives a warning chime so that the population knows its vulnerable points in the field of health

Efricard II study was conducted by Pichardo and González Medina, the Department of teaching and research of the Dominican Institute of Cardiology; Wilson Ramirez and Petronila Martínez, of the Dominican society of Cardiology, as well as Félix Escaño and Yanet Vélez, of the society Dominican of Endocrinology.

Members resulting with hypertension, 38.7% is male and 32.8 of the female

Reviewers in Senasa, 75.5 per cent belong to the subsidized regime and 24.5 per cent to the contributory scheme.

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