Hypertension prevalence in rheumatoid arthritis
Objective. To study hypertension prevalence in pts with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Material and methods. Medical documentation of 1622 pts with RA (88% of all RA pts followed by city rheumatologists) was studied. Pts with proved hypertension were identified. Blood pressure in the other RA pts was me...
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| Language: | Russian |
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IMA PRESS LLC
2005-10-01
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| Series: | Научно-практическая ревматология |
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| Online Access: | https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/320 |
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| Summary: | Objective. To study hypertension prevalence in pts with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Material and methods. Medical documentation of 1622 pts with RA (88% of all RA pts followed by city rheumatologists) was studied. Pts with proved hypertension were identified. Blood pressure in the other RA pts was measured during 5 days. 732 RA pts had hypertension and 886 pts did not. Results. Among RA pts olderthan 18 years hypertension was more frequent than in general population - 45,24%. Hypertension prevalence in RA pts increased with age. Maximal hypertension frequency was revealed in female RA pts aged 40 to 59 years. |
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| ISSN: | 1995-4484 1995-4492 |