Hypertension
S. Afr. fam. pract. (2004, Online)
;
53(4): 336-339, 2011.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: biblio-1269948
ABSTRACT
Approximately one in four adults has hypertension; a prevalence that increases with age and may reach to two out of three adults older than 70 years of age. In the Framingham Heart Study 65-75 of hypertension in the elderly is of the isolated systolic hypertension variety. Hypertension causes a two- to threefold increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events. Hypertension clusters with dyslipidaemia; insulin resistance; glucose intolerance and obesity in more than 80 of cases.1 The great majority of hypertensives thus have additional cardiovascular risk factors. The global cardiovascular risk; of which hypertension is but one component; is best appreciated by the use of risk charts such as the Framingham Risk Score
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Assunto principal:
Idoso
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Sistema Cardiovascular
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos Cardiovasculares
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Terapia Combinada
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Dislipidemias
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
S. Afr. fam. pract. (2004, Online)
Ano de publicação:
2011
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