[Predictors of increased cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients in frontline facilities in Sousse, Tunisia] / Ben Abdel Aziz, A.;Gaha, K.;El Rafei, W.;Mandhouj, O.;Ben Othman, A.;Ghannem, H.
Tác giả : Ben Abdel Aziz, A.;Gaha, K.;El Rafei, W.;Mandhouj, O.;Ben Othman, A.;Ghannem, H.
Năm xuất bản : 2007
Chủ đề : 1. Antihypertensive Agents. 2. Cardiovascular Diseases. 3. Hypertension. 4. Risk Assessment. 5. Risk Factors. 6. World Health Organization.
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Tóm tắt : | 319-325 We assessed cardiovascular risk factors among 456 hypertensive patients in 7 health centers in Sousse. Cardiovascular risk was estimated according World Health Organization centres Mean age was 65.6 [SD = 9.8] years, male: female sex ratio was 0.18. Cardiovascular recommendations risk was not influenced by sex, age or residence. However, patients with longer duration of hypertension and more frequent co- morbidity had a significantly higher cardiovascular risk. In addition 45.9% of patients on monotherapy had high cardiovascular risk compared with 40.6% of those treated with 2 or more drugs [P = 0.02]. Non- compliance was not found to be associated with high risk |
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