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Multicenter Study
. 2008 Oct;10(10):779-86.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.00020.x.

Sex differences in the hypertensive population with chronic ischemic heart disease

Vivencio Barrios  1 , Carlos Escobar, Vicente Bertomeu, Nekane Murga, Carmen de Pablo, Alberto Calderón
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Multicenter Study

Sex differences in the hypertensive population with chronic ischemic heart disease

Vivencio Barrios et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 Oct.

Abstract

Cardiopatía Isquémica Crónica e Hipertensión Arterial en la Práctica Clínica en España (CINHTIA) was a survey designed to assess the clinical management of hypertensive outpatients with chronic ischemic heart disease. Sex differences were examined. Blood pressures (BP) was considered controlled at levels of <140/90 or <130/80 mm Hg in diabetics (European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology 2003); low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was considered controlled at levels <100 mg/dL (National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III). In total, 2024 patients were included in the study. Women were older, with a higher body mass index and an increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation. Dyslipidemia, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, and peripheral arterial disease were more frequent in men. In contrast, diabetes, left ventricular hypertrophy, and heart failure were more common in women. BP and LDL-C control rates, although poor in both groups, were better in men (44.9% vs 30.5%, P<.001 and 33.0% vs 25.0%, P<.001, respectively). Stress testing and coronary angiography were more frequently performed in men.

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Treatment of the study population.
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Figure 2
Antihypertensive medication in the study. ACEi indicates angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors; ARB, angiotensin receptor blockers.
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Figure 3
Blood pressure and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) control rates.
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Figure 4
Diagnostic procedures according to sex.
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