Authors : Jorge Posada, Ivan Orjuela, Irlena Ahumada, Jose Palacio, Luz Vargas and Carlos Severiche
Abstract: To establish the prevalence of hypertension in maintenance workers of a mining complex in La Guajira Colombiana. Descriptive and inferential study, in 206 workers, of legal age, male who work in any of the fronts of work (washing of mining equipment or maintenance of civil works) with active work contract. The variables were studied: age, history of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, consumption of liquor, BMI and glycemia. The overall risk of cardiovascular disease is established by the Framinghan Scale. The presence of hypertension was 7.4% in the population of workers. The cardiovascular risk according to the Framingham guidelines reported, a low risk in 48%, moderate in 49% and high in 3% of the population. High prevalence of risk factors of cardiovascular disease, a low prevalence is observed for pathologies such as hypertension and diabetes, this could be explained by the bias of a healthy worker, since, these companies handle strict professiograms for the entry of personnel that will develop high risk tasks.
Jorge Posada, Ivan Orjuela, Irlena Ahumada, Jose Palacio, Luz Vargas and Carlos Severiche, 2019. Risks Associated to Blood Hypertension in Workers of Maintenance of a Mining Complex of Carbon of La Guajira Colombiana. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 615-622.