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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rodriguez-Roca, Gustavo C.
• Llisterri-Caro, Jose L.
• Barrios-Alonso, Vivencio
• Alonso-Moreno, Francisco J.
• Lou-Arnal, Salvador
• Prieto-Diaz, Miguel A.
• Sanchez-Ruiz, Tomas
• Dura-Belinchon, Rafael
• Santos-Rodriguez, Jose A.
• Divison-Garrote, Juan A.
• Gonzalez-Segura, Diego
• Banegas-Banegas, Jose R.

Titel

Cardiovascular risk and blood pressure control in a Spanish hypertensive population attended in a Primary Care setting. Data from the PRESCAP 2006 study

Ist Teil von

• Blood pressure, 2009, Vol.18 (3), p.117-125

Ort / Verlag

England: Informa UK Ltd. (Informa Healthcare, Taylor & Francis AS)

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Aims. To analyse the cardiovascular risk of a broad sample of hypertensive patients and to examine whether there are differences in blood pressure control and associated factors according to the different cardiovascular risk categories. Major findings. A total of 10,520 patients ≥ 18 years old were included (mean age 64.6±11.3 years; 53.7% women). In this cohort, 3.3% were average risk, 22.6% low added risk, 22.2% moderate added risk, 33.5% high added risk and 18.4% very high added risk. Blood pressure was controlled in 41.4% (95% CI 40.5-42.4) of the total population, in 91.7% of patients with low added risk, in 19.4% with moderate added risk, in 27.4% with high added risk and in 6.8% with very high added risk. Diabetes was the factor most strongly associated with poor blood pressure control in patients with high to very high added risk (OR=7.2; p<0.0001). Principal conclusion. More than half of the hypertensive patients treated in primary health care have a high or very high added cardiovascular risk. In these patients, blood pressure control is inadequate and diabetes is associated with a sevenfold increase in the likelihood of poor blood pressure control.