Urate Levels as a Predictor of the Prevalence and Level of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: An Identificación de La PoBlación Española de Riesgo Cardiovascular y Renal Study.

(1) Background: Urate levels lower than the classical cut-off point for defining hyperuricemia can increase cardiovascular risks. The aim of this study is to determine if there is a relationship between different urate levels and classic cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs). (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study of the inclusion visits of the patients recruited to the IBERICAN study was conducted.

Prevalence of obesity in primary care patients: The IBERICAN study.

Background And Aims: Obesity has an important role in the prognosis of the patients, and important regional differences were described in Spain. The aim is to determine the prevalence of obesity in Spanish primary care patients and its geographical distribution.

Methods And Results: Prevalence study that included patients from the baseline interview of the IBERICAN study.

Characteristics of the phenotypes in prevalent and incident cases of heart failure in primary care: IBERICAN study.

Background: The management in primary care (PC) of the patients with Heart Failure (HF) is different from the management hospital, in a special way compared to cardiology departments.

Objective: To define the characteristics in both phenotypes of HF in prevalent and incident cases of HF in patients recruited in a large PC sample.

Methods: We proposed a and longitudinal analyses, in patients of the IBERICAN cohort, that recruited 8,066 patients in the Spanish primary care system, with 15,488 patients-years of follow-up.

Clinical characteristics, treatment, and blood pressure control in patients with hypertension seen by primary care physicians in Spain: the IBERICAN study.

Objectives: To determine the clinical profile, according to the history of hypertension, the risk of developing hypertension, current antihypertensive treatment and BP control rates in patients with hypertension from the IBERICAN cohort.

Methods: IBERICAN is an ongoing prospective cohort study, whose primary objective is to determine the frequency, incidence, and distribution of CVRF in the adult Spanish population seen in primary care settings. This analysis shows the baseline clinical characteristics of patients with hypertension.

Elevated pulse pressure and cardiovascular risk associated in Spanish population attended in primary care: IBERICAN study.

Introduction: Elevated pulse pressure (ePP) is an independent marker of cardiovascular risk (CVR) in people older than 60, and a functional marker of subclinical target organ damage (sTOD) which can predict cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension (HTN), regardless of sTOD.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of ePP in adult population seen in primary care and its association with other vascular risk factors, sTOD and with cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Materials And Methods: Observational multicentre study conducted in Spain (8,066 patients, 54.

Prevalence of Hyperuricemia and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Subclinical Target Organ Damage.

The role of uric acid levels in the cardiovascular continuum is not clear. Our objective is to analyze the prevalence of hyperuricemia (HU) and its association with cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF), subclinical target organ damage (sTOD), and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We evaluated the prevalence of HU in 6.

Prevalence of Chronic Heart Failure, Associated Factors, and Therapeutic Management in Primary Care Patients in Spain, IBERICAN Study.

Background: The prevalence of chronic heart failure (CHF) in patients assisted in primary care is not well known. We investigated the prevalence of CHF, its associated factors, and its therapeutic management.

Methods And Findings: This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study conducted in primary care (PC) in baseline patients of the IBERICAN study (Identification of the Spanish Population at Cardiovascular and Renal Risk).

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and associated factors in the Spanish population attended in primary care: Results of the IBERICAN study.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the factors associated with impaired renal function in the population attended in primary care (PC).

Patients And Method: Cross-sectional and multicentre study carried out in the baseline patients of the IBERICAN study (Identificación de la poBlación Española de RIesgo CArdiovascular y reNal). CKD was considered with an estimated glomerular filtration (eGF) <60ml/min/1.

Impact of variations in blood pressure with orthostatism on mortality: the HOMO study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of orthostatic hypotension (OH) and orthostatic hypertension (OHT) on all-cause mortality.

Patients And Methods: A total of, 1176 adults from the community over 18 years of age were included in this ambispective study. The mean follow-up was 9.

[Baseline characteristics and clinical management of the first 3,000 patients enrolled in the IBERICAN study (Identification of the Spanish population at cardiovascular and renal risk)].

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular risk factors in Spain, as well as cardiovascular events, in Spanish adult population attended in primary care.

Methodology: IBERICAN is a longitudinal, observational, multicenter study in which patients aged 18 to 85years attended in primary care health center in Spain are being included. The obtained cohort will be followed annually for at least 5years.

[Guidelines for the management of hypertension].

In the last year, several scientific societies have published guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. In Spain, two clinical practice guidelines have had a strong impact and have been closely followed in the last few years: the first is the Guideline of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, although their last report (JNC 7) was published in 2003; the second is the clinical practice guideline for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH), whose latest version was published in 2007, although an update was published in 2009. A new ESC/ESH document, published in 2013, adopts a mainly educational stance, closely rooted in clinical practice.

Blood pressure control and management of very elderly patients with hypertension in primary care settings in Spain.

This study aimed to determine the clinical profile, blood pressure (BP) control rates, therapeutic management and physicians' therapeutic behavior regarding very elderly hypertensive patients. A total of 1540 hypertensive patients 80 years old on antihypertensive therapy and receiving care in primary care settings in Spain were included in this cross-sectional study. The mean patient age was 83.

Cardiovascular risk in women attending primary care centres: baseline data of the EVA study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular risk factors and target organ damage using baseline data from the EVA study.

Methods: EVA is a 5-year multicentre prospective study of women aged between 40 and 70 years attending primary care centres in a rural-urban area in the north of Spain. The recruitment period was between October 2009 and January 2010.

[Measurement of blood pressure in consultation and automated mesurement (BPTru(®)) to evaluate the white coat effect].

Background And Objective: White coat effect (WCE) is one of the main bias that can affect office blood pressure (BP) measurement. Therefore, it is a factor must be considered in hypertensives to avoid mistakes in diagnosis and/or treatment. Employment of automated office BP (AOBP) devices could diminish that effect.

[Blood pressure control in hypertensive Spanish population attended in primary care setting. The PRESCAP 2010 study].

Background And Objective: This study was aimed at determining the degree of blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive patients attended in primary care (PC) settings.

Patients And Method: Cross-sectional, multicenter study. Hypertensive patients ≥18 years under antihypertensive treatment attended in Spanish PC settings were included.

[Evaluation and control of hypertensive diabetics seen in Primary Care centres in Spain. BRAND II study].

Objective: We aimed to verify the level of blood pressure and glucose control and treatment in hypertensive diabetics seen in Primary Care Centres in Spain.

Design: Descriptive study conducted on hypertensive diabetic patients who attended primary care centres for any reason.

Location: Primary Care centres throughout Spain.

Cardiovascular risk and blood pressure control in a Spanish hypertensive population attended in a Primary Care setting. Data from the PRESCAP 2006 study.

Aims: To analyse the cardiovascular risk of a broad sample of hypertensive patients and to examine whether there are differences in blood pressure control and associated factors according to the different cardiovascular risk categories.

Major Findings: A total of 10,520 patients > or = 18 years old were included (mean age 64.6+/-11.

Use of anthropometric measures to predict insulin resistance.

Objective: Obesity is closely related to insulin-resistance (IR) but it is evaluated differently in the diverse definitions of the metabolic syndrome. The objective of this study was to verify the utility of different anthropometric measures to predict IR and to evaluate the best cut-off points.

Subjects And Method: We performed a cross-sectional study of the general population aged 40 to 70 years old (n=2,143); a simple random sample of 305 non-diabetic persons was obtained.

[Comparison of the SCORE and Framingham models in calculating high cardiovascular risk for a sample of males within the 45-65 age range in Asturias, Spain].

Background: The Spanish Interdisciplinary Committee for Cardiovascular Prevention has recently drafted a consensus for adapting the European Cardiovascular Prevention Guide to the Spanish population, using SCORE as the risk-calculation method. This study is aimed as ascertaining the differences involved in changing over from the Framingham to the SCORE criterion in the classification of males within the high-risk group.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in primary care.

[Differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to the ATP-III and WHO definitions].

Background And Objective: The objective of the study is to know the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MS), as well as to know the differences in its prevalence according to the Adult Treatment Panel of the National Cholesterol Education Program (ATP-III) and World Health Organization (WHO) criteria.

Patients And Method: Cross-sectional descriptive study performed in primary care in population of both sexes aged between 40 and 74 years. Variables studied were risk factors as well as each one of the components of MS, according to both definitions.