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Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, Vol. 1, No. 1, 83-90 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1753944707082716
© 2007 SAGE Publications

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Review: Hypertension and the cardiometabolic syndrome in Chile: a review of concepts and consequences for the developing world

P. Margozzini

Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 434, Santiago, Chile pmargoz{at}med.puc.cl

A. Rigotti

Departamento de Gastroenterología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 367, Santiago, Chile

C. Ferreccio

Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 434, Santiago, Chile

N. Quezada

Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 434, Santiago, Chile

M. Garrido

Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 434, Santiago, Chile

G. Valdés

Departamento de Nefrología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 85, Santiago, Chile

We review some recent developments regarding the concept of cardiometabolic syndrome and its relation with hypertension and overall cardiovascular disease risk. We emphasize how this new clinical entity has helped to understand multimorbidity in chronic diseases. This concept has important consequences for individual patient treatment as well as public health policy. The challenge derived from cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions is increasing worldwide, but the highest burden is located in the developing world. Thus, new and cost-effective approaches are needed for diseases that are mainly occurring in the poorest and less educated populations. We illustrate this situation analyzing hypertension and cardiometabolic syndrome data derived from a recent national health survey in Chile.

Key Words: hypertension • metabolic syndrome • cardiometabolic syndrome • cardiovascular disease • cardiovascular risk • epidemiology.


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