| Autor: |
Murtaza Cit, Mansur Azermir, Mustafa Temizel, Yücel Arman, Ugur Dilek Calap |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
American Journal of Internal Medicine. 9:21 |
| ISSN: |
2330-4316 |
| Popis: |
Background: This study aimed to determine the frequency of refractory hypertension (RH) and investigate the factors affecting RH in Turkish hypertensive patients. Materials and methods: Totally 400 hypertensive patients (114 males and 286 females) were enrolled. Blood pressure (BP) was measured by patients at home two times a day. The patients were called for controlling in every four weeks, and those who had BP 140/90 mmHg drug doses were increased or another antihypertensive drug was added and the patients were continued to be followed-up. The total follow-up period was 36 weeks. Patients with persisting BP >140/90 mmHg despite triple medication administration including a diuretic form at least for 3 months at adequate doses were considered to have RH. Results: A total of 63 patients (15.8%), including 14 males and 49 females, were considered to have RH. Body Mass Index (BMI) values of patients with and without RH were 32.16±3.56 and 29.71±3.42, respectively (t=2.92; p=0.005). The rate of obese and morbidly obese patients was higher in the RH group (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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