President Argentina Federation of Cardiology

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1 President Argentina Federation of Cardiology
Session “Hypertension in 2017: What Can We Recommend While New Guidelines Are Underway” Epidemiology of hypertension in South America: are there any differences? Daniel Piskorz, MD, FACC President Argentina Federation of Cardiology

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3 POPULATION IN SOUTH AMERICA
COUNTRY POPULATION ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRASIL CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR GUYANA PARAGUAY PERU SURINAM URUGUAY VENEZUELA GUAYANA FRANC TOTAL SOUTH AMERICA km2 21,65 inhabit / km2

4 URBAN POPULATION IN SOUTH AMERICA
% 94 89 76 84 87 87 62 65 74 53 BOL ECU PAR PER URU ARG BRA CHI COL VEN

5 RACE AND ETHNICITY IN LATIN AMERICA
PANAMA COSTA RICA NICARAGUA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR CUBA PUERTO RICO R. DOMINICANA INDIANS MESTIZOS WHITES BLACKS OTHERS GUATEMALA MEJICO VENEZUELA COLOMBIA CHILE BRASIL ARGENTINA URUGUAY PERU PARAGUAY ECUADOR BOLIVIA PERCENTAGE

6 LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH IN LATAM
PANAMA 76 COSTA RICA 79 NICARAGUA 74 HONDURAS 72 EL SALVADOR 72 CUBA 75 PUERTO RICO 74 R. DOMINICANA 71 GUATEMALA 71 MEJICO 75 VENEZUELA 78 COLOMBIA 77 CHILE 76 BRASIL 69 ARGENTINA 72 URUGUAY 72 PERU 77 PARAGUAY 73 ECUADOR 75 BOLIVIA 62 60 65 70 75 80 YEARS

7 POVERTY INDICES IN LATIN AMERICA
PANAMA 26 COSTA RICA 21 NICARAGUA 62 HONDURAS EL SALVADOR 69 48 CUBA 3 46 PUERTO RICO R. DOMINICANA 25 GUATEMALA 55 MEJICO 51 VENEZUELA 26 COLOMBIA 48 CHILE 14 BRASIL 23 ARGENTINA 32 URUGUAY 21 PERU 31 PARAGUAY 40 ECUADOR 41 59 BOLIVIA PERCENTAGE

8 CARMELA STUDY - HYPERTENSION
SOUTH AMERICA HERNANDEZ – HERNANDEZ R. J Hypertens 2010; 28: 24 – 34.

9 CARMELA STUDY UNKNOWN HYPERTENSION TREATED AND CONTROLLED 34,3 20,5
ALL 20,5 SAN 39,9 20,3 32,4 28 QUI 24,3 41 MEJ 46,9 12 LIM 35,9 18 BUE 31,2 30,6 BOG 28 20,7 BAR HERNANDEZ – HERNANDEZ R. J Hypertens 2010; 28: 24 – 34.

10 CARMELA STUDY – METABOLIC SYNDROME
% 26 27 21 20 18 17 14 BAR BOG BUE LIM MEJ QUI SAN HERNANDEZ – HERNANDEZ R. J Hypertens 2010; 28: 24 – 34.

11 RISIM STUDY WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE HYPERGLUCEMIA SOUTH AMERICA
% HYPERGLUCEMIA % SOUTH AMERICA de la SIERRA A., PISKORZ D. Med Clin(Barc) 2009; 133: 47 – 52.

12 HYPERTRIGLICERIDEMIA
RISIM STUDY HYPERTRIGLICERIDEMIA mmHg MEAN BP % ARG BRA COL CHI SPA MEJ VEN % BP CONTROLLED LOW HDL % 62 48 40 DBP SBP BOTH de la SIERRA A., PISKORZ D. Med Clin(Barc) 2009; 133: 47 – 52.

13 CONCLUSIONS LA is a region with a half billion inhabitants, a great racial and ethnic, as well as level of urbanization and economic situation diversity, therefore can not be analyzed globally in terms of public health Between 30 to 40% of the LA population unknown to be hypertensive, and only between 20 to 30% are on target blood pressure Over 20% of LA have Metabolic Syndrome, its presence is associated with increased target organ damage Central obesity is the most prevalent risk factor of the Metabolic Syndrome in LA, its presence is the strongest predictor of cardiovascular events