DOI: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v15i1.23514 Cienc Cuid Saude 2016 Jan/Mar; 15(1):44-52 _______________ 1 The research project "Effectiveness of a project of health education on blood pressure control in hypertensive men" for funding of the Research Foundation of the State of Bahia – FAPESB. * Nurse. PhD, School of Medicine and Public Health from Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brazil. E-mail: gliciaggama@bahiana.edu.br ** Nurse. Master. University State of Feira de Santana (UEFS). Feira de Santana, BAHIA, Brazil. E-mail: pollyana.pportela@gmail.com *** Nurse. Graduated. Salvador, BA, Brazil. E-mail: laileal@hotmail.com **** Nurse. Graduated. Salvador, BA, Brazil. E-mail: queiroz.azevedo@bol.com.br ***** Nurse. Doctor. Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Salvador, BA, Brazil. E-mail: cgspires@uol.com.br ****** Nurse. Doctor. Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Salvador, BA, Brazil. E-mail:mussi@ufba.br ANTHROPOMETRIC PROFILE OF HYPERTENSIVE USERS OF A HEALTH PROGRAM FOR MEN 1 Glicia Gleide Gonçalves Gama* Pollyana Pereira Portela** Eulália Cristina Leal de Oliveira Gonsalves*** Sheila Queiroz Rios de Azevedo**** Claudia Geovana da Silva Pires***** Fernanda Carneiro Mussi****** ABSTRACT Descriptive, explorative and transversal study with the purpose of evaluating the anthropometric parameters of hypertensive men accompanied by a health program for men. Data collection took place between october to December 2013, through interviews with application of a structured instrument. Data were processed and analyzed using SPSS 18.0 for Windows. The results were analyzed in absolute numbers, percentages, means and standard deviations and presented in tables. Interviews were performed on 75 men, with average ages of 58,98 (±9,08) years. Predominance was for self-declared color brown (68,0%), married/common-law marriage (70,7%), elementary schooling (43,3%), active labor situation (52,0%) and family income of between 1 and 2 minimum wages (52,0%). It was verified that 84,0% of the men presented increased circumference of the waist; 89,3% were classified as moderate to very high risk for the standard of waist-hip girth ratio and 72% of the men were overweight. It is possible to conclude that hypertensive men have, in their majority, inadequate anthropometric rates for health. In order for the healthcare strategies to be effective, social context, inherent health beliefs to this gender and the perspective they have for their own care merits attention from the health professionals. Keywords: Hypertension. Men’s health. Anthropometry. Risk factors. INTRODUCTION Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) is a clinical condition characterized by high and sustained multiple risk levels of blood pressure. Is considered as one of the major modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), reaching the adult population in the various social classes, ethnicities and cultures (1) . Consists of important public health problem, representing the first cause of death in Brazil (2) . Affects about 30% of the Brazilian population, with only 6,5% follow correctly the treatment (3) . As regards the global prevalence of SAH, men and women exhibit similar prevalence, however she is higher in males until the 50 years (2) . Profile modification of eating habits and life of the Brazilian population SAH led to a significant increase of overweight, which SAH an almost linear relationship with increased pressure (3) . In order to direct health care practices becomes critical to anthropometric identification with subsequent characterization of overweight in hypertensive men aiming to guide the change in lifestyle. So, knowing the risk factors, overweight and obesity in the population of men with hypertension may contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the area of human health, assist health professionals and direct practices of multidisciplinary care aimed at the control of overweight in these users. SAH apart from being considered a cardiovascular risk factor, SAH its occurrence associated with multiple risk factors classified into modifiable and no modifiable arguments. Stand out among non-modifiable to age, gender, ethnicity and genetics and between modifiable