[Association of metabolic risk factors and blood pressure in a natural population (Mora de Toledo)].
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate relationships between the next variables in an adult natural population: total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglicerides, total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol and glucose blood levels with blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). DESIGN: A crossover observation study with descriptive and analytic components. PATIENTS: Random sample of 251 individuals taken from census and representative of the adult general population from Mora de Toledo (with 10,000 inhabitants approximately). SETTING: A medical station in a health centre. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Blood pressure measurements and lipids and glucose blood levels were got in the selected patients. Some positive and significant relationships were got in the adult population from Mora de Toledo between systolic and diastolic blood pressure with the next variables: total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol, triglicerides and glucose blood levels. These associations are stronger in young people from 21-40 years-old. When we consider the relationship with HDL-cholesterol, we can see it is mildly positive but not significant. CONCLUSION: These results agree with others encountered in different countries and support the hypothesis that there is an association between blood pressure and the cardiovascular metabolic risk factors.