Dietary Pattern and Blood Pressure Control in a Hypertension Outpatient Clinic

Evolution of Blood Pressure Control in Selected Hypertensives Followed in a Hypertension Outpatient Clinic

study population by the results of multiple regression analysis (b: 0.67; p50.01), where sex, age, duration of hypertension, BMI, daytime systolic ABP were added to the model. No significant differences in AER, prevalence of hypertensive retinopathy and LVMI were found between the groups with high and low diastolic WCE. Our results seem to suggest that ambulatory systolic white coat effect may ...

Blood pressure levels, risk factors and hypertension control status in adult

Introduction: Hypertension is an important and uprising public health challenge in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and assessment of associated risk factors in adult residents of Shiraz. Methods: This study cross-sectional was conducted in 2000-2001. Multistage cluster sampling method was used to select 3...

Within-visit blood pressure changes in outpatient clinic.

Blood pressure control amongst patients living with hypertension presenting to an urban district hospital outpatient clinic in Kwazulu-Natal

BACKGROUND The prevalence of hypertension in South Africa has been estimated to be 20% of the adult population with over six million people being affected. Poor adherence to treatment plans lead to inadequate blood pressure control and high morbidity. Many studies have looked at factors contributing to poor blood pressure control in South Africa but few studies actually focus on district hospit...

Clinic blood pressure measurements and blood pressure load in the diagnosis of hypertension.

We have retrospectively compared the blood pressure load derived from 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with all clinic blood pressure readings elevated with those with only some elevated pressures to establish whether clinic readings alone are good predictors of blood pressure status. Fifty-seven patients attending a district general hospital hypertension clinic who were...