The prevalence of hypertension in the republic of north Ossetia - Alania as a main factor the risk of coronary heart disease

Autor: A. Y. Datieva, Z. T. Astahova, Z. Z. Dzukaeva
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Кубанский научный медицинский вестник, Iss 2, Pp 61-63 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1608-6228
2541-9544
Popis: The study involved 1940 people living in the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, in the age of 20-74 years. The work studied the prevalence of one of the major controllable risk factors for coronary heart disease (hypertension) in the population of the region. A comparative analysis of the prevalence of hypertension according to sex, age and type of settlement (town, village). As expected, the minimum percentage of patients with hypertension were identified among the younger age group (20-44 years) in each subsequent five-year period the number of people suffering from hypertension, increased. The maximum number of hypertensive patients was diagnosed at the age of 60-74 years. In most cases, higher numbers of blood pressure were recorded among respondents living in the city.
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