title: [Study of the prevalence and multiplicity of cardiovascular risk factors in hypertensive individuals from the city of Brusque, SC, Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence and multiplicity of additional risk factors (RF) in a population sample of hypertensive smokers, diagnosed and enrolled at the Hiperdia Program of the Ministry of Health, in the city of Brusque, SC, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Determination of the anthropometrical parameters and laboratory variables recognized as cardiovascular risk factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Elevated prevalence of RF in addition to systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and smoking, configuring the multiplicity that concurs with a marked elevation of the risk of cardiovascular events in this population sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In hypertensive populations, the prevention, identification and RF control measures must be implemented; computerized programs such as the Hiperdia/MS can help in patients follow-up, allowing a more stringent multidisciplinary approach, especially regarding the analysis of the attainment of treatment goals and the subsequent decrease of cardiovascular risk.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de Brusque, Brusque, SC. niltonrosini@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nilton
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rosini
authors.forename: Marcos José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Hermes Toros
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Xavier
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric