The Prevalence of Hypertension among Croatian Hospitalized Coronary Heart Disease Patients

The Prevalence of Hypertension among Croatian Hospitalized Coronary Heart Disease Patients

The aim of this article was to investigate the prevalence of hypertension with selected anthropometric variables in a sample of hospitalized coronary heart disease (CHD) patients in Croatia. This study investigated patients hospitalized in the period of October 1st 2007 until January 7th 2010 becaus...

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Veröffentlicht in:Collegium antropologicum 2012-01, Vol.36 supplement 1 (1), p.217
Hauptverfasser: Bergovec, Mijo, Ivanuša, Mario, Knežević, Aleksandar, Grman, Janko, Romić, Antica, Jukić, Nediljko, Raguž, Miroslav, Lucijanić, Tomo, Šikić, Jozica, Vražić, Hrvoje
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Sprache:eng
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cardiovascular risk factor
coronary heart disease
Croatia
hypertension
primary prevention
secondary prevention
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this article was to investigate the prevalence of hypertension with selected anthropometric variables in a sample of hospitalized coronary heart disease (CHD) patients in Croatia. This study investigated patients hospitalized in the period of October 1st 2007 until January 7th 2010 because of acute or chronic CHD in various hospitals in Croatia (N=1,298). Prevalence of hypertension in surveyed patient population was high: 70.1% of participants had raised blood pressure (BP) or previously diagnosed hypertension. Men had statistically significantly higher mean diastolic BP values than women (78.91±8.97 vs. 77.12±10.61 mmHg, p=0.011). Prevalence of hypertension was statistically significantly more frequent in women (80.6% vs. 65.8%, p
ISSN:0350-6134
1848-9486