PMID: 11340943May 9, 2001Paper

Cardiovascular risk factors in essential hypertension

Orvosi hetilap
E Kékes, E Berentey

Abstract

Authors analysed the cardiovascular risk factors, their relationship to each other, the rate of multiple appearance in 1476 patients (774 men, 702 women) with essential hypertension. They produced a special questionnaire and risk factor analysing program for performing static and dynamic investigations on the base of international and domestic experiences. The data of their investigations verified, that the occurrence of obesity is very frequent and is associated with abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride values. The appearance of glucose metabolism disorder was in 44% of patients. The rate of metabolic syndrome can be estimated on 25-30% in the hypertensive population.

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