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Case Reports
. 2019 Jul-Sep;45(3):251-257.
doi: 10.12865/CHSJ.45.03.01. Epub 2019 Sep 30.

High Blood Pressure-A High Risk Problem for Public Healthcare

A M Brașoveanu  1 , M S Șerbănescu  2 , D N Mălăescu  3 , O I Predescu  4 , B V Cotoi  5
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High Blood Pressure-A High Risk Problem for Public Healthcare

A M Brașoveanu et al. Curr Health Sci J. 2019 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

High blood pressure is the most common cardiovascular disease and the first one due to mortality risk. Prospective studies showed that, until 2025, the number of individuals with HBP will increase up to 1.56 billion in adults, of which more than two thirds will be found in poor countries or developing ones. In the present study, we evaluated the clinical and epidemiological aspects of HBP in a group of 3050 patients admitted in the Department of Cardiology of the Public Hospital of Caracal, Olt county. The study on the distribution of patients according to sex allowed us to observe that most patients suffering from HBP were women, while the distribution according to the social environment showed that more than 2/3 of high blood pressure patients came from the rural area. By studying the distribution of patients according to age, we observed that most HBP patients were aged over 60 years old (86.49%).

Keywords: High blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; mortality.

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Figure 1
Patient distribution according to the year included in the study
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Figure 2
Patient distribution according to sex for every year of study
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Figure 3
Patient distribution according to the three BP values intervals did not exhibit clear-cut differences (χ2=5.78448, p=0.055444)
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Patient distribution according to age, sex and BP values
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Figure 5
Distribution according to social environment and BP values did not show significant associations (χ2=4.0186, p=0.13408)
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Figure 6
Correlation of HBP with diabetes mellitus did not show significant associations (χ2=5.0606, p=0.079633)
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Figure 7
Correlation of HBP with obesity did not show significant associations (χ2=2.4427, p=0.294833)
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Figure 8
Correlation of HBP with dyslipidemia showed a significant dependency (χ2=8.6432, p=0.013279)
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Figure 9
Correlation of HBP with stroke did not show significant associations (χ2=2.9636, p=0.227226)
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Figure 10
Correlation of HBP with myocardial infarction, showed a significant dependency (χ2=44.7772, p<0.00001)
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