The Impact of COVID-19 on Māori Patients Attending Diabetes Annual Review.

Māori, the indigenous population of New Zealand, represent 17.1% of the country's population (Statistics New Zealand 2021) and are over-represented in all negative indices. In particular, Māori are underprivileged in terms of socioeconomics and health due to the residual effects of colonization.

[A prescription register incorporated into computerized medical records for patients with hypertension: a new instrument to evaluate medication adherence].

Objective: To study the validity of a prescription register (PR) incorporated into computerized medical records (CMR) compared with the Morisky-Green test in patients with high blood pressure using anti-hypertensive medication.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Primary Care.

Obesity is an independent risk factor for heart failure: Zona Franca Cohort study.

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major problem in developed countries. However, its relationship with obesity remains unclear, especially in low-risk populations. The objective of the study was to analyze the relationship between obesity and HF in a low-risk Mediterranean population.

[Role of pulse pressure, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure in the prediction of cardiovascular risk. Cohort study].

Background And Objective: To analize the role of pulse pressure (PP), systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), in the prediction of cardiovascular risk.

Patients And Method: A prospective cohort study carried out in 2 primary care center, including 932 patients aged between 35-84 years old, without cardiovascular events, selected by simple random sampling, and with an 8 year follow-up. PP, SBP, and DBP were categorized in tertiles, comparing the upper with the 2 lowers.