Introduction.

Hypertension is a chronic degenerative disease considered as a public health problem worldwide magnitude.

Objective.

To describe the comorbidity profile of patients with HBP of an Institution Services Health of the metropolitan area of Medellin, 2013.

Materials and Methods.

Descriptive studied of 4,827 persons belonging to a program for control of hypertension. Global prevalence was calculated for each disease of the International Classification of Diseases.

Results.

71.2 % were female; the average age was 64 years with interquartile range between 55 and 74 years. 153 pathologies were identified among which the most prevalent were metabolic with 17 %, followed by infectious 15.7 %, neurological 15 %, cardiovascular 12 % and degenerative 2.6 %.

Conclusions.

This study is an important issue for care, prevention and promotion health that incorporate specific actions for the highest risk groups identified in each pathology.

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