BACKGROUND Hypertension is fast emerging as a major health problem amongst all school adolescents, particularly in urban areas. Regular screening of the students for this is required for preventing the emergence of complications later in life. Therefore, the present study was undertaken with the objective to determine the prevalence of hypertension amongst urban school adolescents and its corre...

We performed a post hoc analysis of the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program database to assess the incidence of atrial fibrillation in the elderly hypertensive population, its influence on cardiovascular events, and whether antihypertensive treatment can prevent its onset. The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program was a double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 4736 subjects with...

Ofice and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure measurements in 815 healthy subjects, who were employees of the Allied Irish Bank [3], were taken as reference values. Data on 318 patients, referred to the Blood Pressure Unit at Beaumont Hospital and diagnosed as having isolated systolic hypertension (clinic systolic pressure equal to or greater than 160 mmHg and diastolic pressure equal to or less tha...

The incidence of hypertension is high in the elderly and is present in 2/3 of the patients older than 65 years. Prevalence can reach 90% in patients older than 80 years. The presence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is characteristic of this population. However, the prevalence of hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is not well known. In this study, we analyzed the...