Smoking in the older adults: associated factors and influence on systemic arterial hypertension

• Autor(a) principal: Beltrame, Daniel Pedro Comineli
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Viana, Dayane Aparecida, Pereira Ribeiro, Ana Beatriz, Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini de, Antunes, Mateus Dias, Szymaniak, Nazaré Pellizzetti, Santos, Álvaro da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/29165
• topic: Older adults; smoking; systemic arterial hypertension

This study aimed to verify the factors associated with smoking among the older adults and the influence of this habit on systemic arterial hypertension. It is a cross-sectional study carried out with 4023 older adults from 27 municipalities of Minas Gerais. The collection period was between November 2011 and April 2013, using a simple random sample. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics, adopting significance when p <0.05. There was a significant association between the older adults smokers and the male (p <0.0001), 60 to 69 years (p <0.0001) and 70 to 79 years (p <0.012); (p <0.0001) and the catholic (p <0.0001) and spiritist religions (p <0.0001); between smoking and systemic arterial hypertension (p <0.0001) and between higher tobacco consumption and the chance of being hypertensive (p <0.031). Smoking is related to males, the first age groups of old age and the catholic and spiritist religions. In addition, smoking directly influenced systemic arterial hypertension.