학술논문
Prevalence of high-risk profile in middle-aged subjects with arterial hypertension: a nationwide survey.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Laucevičius A; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vilnius University , Lithuania.; Rinkūnienė E; Petrulionienė Z; Puronaitė R; Kasiulevičius V; Jatužis D; Ryliškytė L; Badarienė J; Cypienė A; Navickas R; Kizlaitis R; Gustienė O; Slapikas R
Source
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9301454 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1651-1999 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08037051 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Blood Press Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Hypertension is the most common non-communicable disease and the leading cause of cardiovascular disease in the world. It presents an important public health challenge in both economically developed and developing countries. In 2006, the Lithuanian High Cardiovascular Risk programme was launched. The programme recruited men aged 40-54 and women aged 50-64 without overt cardiovascular disease. We analysed a group of 23,204 subjects included in the programme at the primary level. Arterial hypertension was present in 57.6% of the subjects: 63.2% in the females and 49.2% in the males. In the hypertensive middle-aged subjects, grade 1 hypertension was present in 53.1%, grade 2 in 22.4%, and grade 3 in merely 5.9% of the subjects. The prevalence of a minimum of three concomitant risk factors among the hypertensive patients was 78.0%, compared with 52.1% in the patients without hypertension (p < 0.001). Blood pressure goals were attained in 20.8% of the hypertensive women and in 14.4% of the hypertensive men. In Lithuania, a high prevalence of hypertension was characteristic of middle-aged subjects. Although the blood pressure elevation had not reached high levels, the presence of at least three risk factors concomitant to hypertension was more expressed in them compared with the non-hypertensive subjects.