TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood pressure control in italian essential hypertensives treated by general practitioners
AU - Giannattasio, Cristina
AU - Cairo, Matteo
AU - Cesana, Francesca
AU - Alloni, Marta
AU - Sormani, Paola
AU - Colombo, Giulia
AU - Grassi, Guido
AU - Mancia, Giuseppe
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - BackgroundAdequate control of blood pressure (BP) is limited worldwide. This has serious consequences for public health because in hypertensive patients, uncontrolled BP is associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events, particularly stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate BP control in a cohort of treated patients with diagnosed hypertension, who were under general practitioner care in Italy.MethodsData were collected by 2,643 physicians on 8,572 individual Italian patients. Office BP was measured 5 min after seating each patient and then 35 min later. For each patient, data such as medical history of patients, physical examination data, antihypertensive drug usage, and self-BP measurement frequency were obtained.ResultsMale prevalence was 48.4%, and mean age was 64.3 ± 10.5 years. Based on the second measurement, BP control (140/90 mm Hg) was observed in 33.5% of all patients (34.2% in men and 33.4% in women). BP control was much lower for systolic BP than for diastolic BP (35.9 vs. 61.3%, P
AB - BackgroundAdequate control of blood pressure (BP) is limited worldwide. This has serious consequences for public health because in hypertensive patients, uncontrolled BP is associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events, particularly stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate BP control in a cohort of treated patients with diagnosed hypertension, who were under general practitioner care in Italy.MethodsData were collected by 2,643 physicians on 8,572 individual Italian patients. Office BP was measured 5 min after seating each patient and then 35 min later. For each patient, data such as medical history of patients, physical examination data, antihypertensive drug usage, and self-BP measurement frequency were obtained.ResultsMale prevalence was 48.4%, and mean age was 64.3 ± 10.5 years. Based on the second measurement, BP control (140/90 mm Hg) was observed in 33.5% of all patients (34.2% in men and 33.4% in women). BP control was much lower for systolic BP than for diastolic BP (35.9 vs. 61.3%, P
KW - blood pressure
KW - cardiovascular risk
KW - hypertension
KW - medical practice
KW - treatment
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U2 - 10.1038/ajh.2012.108
DO - 10.1038/ajh.2012.108
M3 - Article
C2 - 22854637
AN - SCOPUS:84867746011
SN - 0895-7061
VL - 25
SP - 1182
EP - 1187
JO - American Journal of Hypertension
JF - American Journal of Hypertension
IS - 11
ER -