[Sex- and age-specific characteristics of arterial hypertension prevalence in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with obesity].

AIM: To investigate sex- and age-specific characteristics of arterial hypertension prevalence in type 2 diabetics with obesity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sex- and age-specific features of hypertension prevalence were studied in 6177 (1345 males and 4832 females) type 2 diabetic obese citizens of the Novgorod region. RESULTS: The highest incidence of mild hypertension was found in obesity degrees I and II (50-68%). Prevalence of moderate and severe hypertension reached 20-31 and 4-5%, respectively, in obesity of degree I and II, 15% in males and 11% in females in obesity degree III. CONCLUSION: In type 2 DM obese patients mild hypertension occurs most frequently. Severe hypertension develops often in males with obesity degree II and III in age groups 50-59 and 60-69 years, in females--in any obesity at the age of 70 and older.

[Age- and sex-related prevalence of overweight, arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia and their combinations].

AIM: To study sex and age characteristics of overweight, arterial hypertension (AH) and hyperglycemia prevalence as well as prevalence of their combination. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Complex examination of Veliky Novgorod and Novgorod region 4837 residents (2081 men and 2756 women, age 20-87 years) comprised anthropometric measurements with calculation of the body mass index (Ketle index), measurements of blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, cholesterol levels, oral glucose tolerance test (GTT). RESULTS: Prevalence of overweight and obesity in males was 50.4%, in females - 63.1%. Stage I obesity occurs twice more frequently in women than in men, stage II and III obesity four and six times more frequently, respectively. 46.8% of adults suffer from AH, hyperglycemia was found in 6.03% cases. Overweight patients had metabolic carbohydrate disturbances three times more frequently than normal weight subjects. In women prevalence of overweight combination with AH was 1.5 times higher vs men (39.9 vs 26.3%); the prevalence of overweight combination with hyperglycemia was 1.7 times higher (5.5 vs 3.2%); prevalence of AH combination with hyperglycemia was 1.7 times higher (7.72 vs 2.71%). Hyperglycemia in obese persons occurred more frequently in women under 40 and men over 40 years of age. CONCLUSION: High prevalence of overweight, obesity, AH, hyperglycemia and their combinations have been revealed. This prevalence closely depended on sex and age. Prevalence of obesity and hyperglycemia, combination of overweight with AH and hyperglycemia, combination of AH with hyperglycemia is significantly higher in female subpopulation and in older cohorts.

[The prevalence of the arterial hypertension and associated risk factors among population of various gender and age].

To study the pubescent characteristics of the prevalence of the arterial hypertension, the hyperglycemia, the hypercholesterolemia, the overweight and their combination the comprehensive examination of 4837 citizen of the City of Veliki Novgorod and Novgorod oblast aged from 20 to 87 years was organized. The analysis revealed in the examined territory the higher prevalence of hypertension and other studied risk factors and their combination are strongly related to the gender and the age of population. The prevalence of the obesity and the hyperglycemia, the combination of the overweight with the arterial hypertension and the hyperglycemia and the combination of the arterial hypertension with the hyperglycemia as well are significantly higher in the female subpopulation and in the elder population. It is established that the arterial hypertension affects about 46.80% of the adult population. The hyperglycemia is detected in 6.039% of cases. The prevalence of the fore-obesity and the obesity itself among male population consists of 50.4% and among female population--63.1%. The I degree obesity occurs among the females twice time more often than among the males; the II degree obesity--fourth times more often and the III degree obesity--sixth times more often. Among the females, as compared with the males, the prevalence of the combination of the arterial hypertension with the overweight is 1.5 times higher, the combination of the arterial hypertension with the hyperglycemia--1.7 times higher and the combination of the overweight with the hyperglycemia--1.7 times higher.