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A national survey was conducted in Mexico to determine the prevalence of hypertension. The survey reported the prevalence of hypertension similar to that in developed countries. 28% of adult women and 37% of adult men in a representative sample of the urban Mexican population were hypertensive. Microalbumi-nuria has been reported associated with increased cardiovascular risk and severity of essential hypertension. All subjects were asked to give a morning urine sample in which microalbuminuria was measured using an immunochemical semiquan-titative kit. A blood pressure (BP) measurement was performed manually by trained observers using mercury sphygmomanometers and a standardized procedure. The association of microalbu-minuria with BP levels was assessed by logistic regression analysis of the raw data and adjusting it by age and sex.