| Five year follow-up of effects of treatment of mild and moderate hypertension. | |
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PMID: 6786457 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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A five-year follow-up study of the effects of treating patients with both mild and moderate hypertension was performed. The patients were identified during a hospital-based community survey of hypertension. A total of 961 patients were divided into four groups. The first group, the controls, were age- and sex-matched normotensive subjects selected sequentially from the same survey. The second group were patients defined as well-controlled hypertensives; the third group were patients whose blood pressures were less well-controlled; and the fourth group consisted of patients who, for various reasons, were not treated and as such acted as an untreated control group. Both mortality and morbidity were considerably greater in the untreated patients than in the normal subjects. The well-controlled hypertensive patients showed no difference in either morbidity or mortality from normal subjects. The less well-controlled patients had a significantly greater cardiovascular morbidity but no excess mortality over groups 1 and 2. This was true for both mild and moderate hypertension and for women as well as men. These findings therefore confirm the conclusions of other recent studies that good control of hypertension at all levels and in both sexes is justified by the reduction in morbidity and that even less than excellent control is of considerable benefit. |
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Authors:
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J A Trafford; C R Horn; H O'Neal; R McGonigle; L Halford-Maw; R Evans |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) Volume: 282 ISSN: 0267-0623 ISO Abbreviation: Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) Publication Date: 1981 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1981-08-10 Completed Date: 1981-08-10 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8302911 Medline TA: Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1111-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Blood Pressure Cerebrovascular Disorders / epidemiology, mortality Coronary Disease / epidemiology, mortality Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Hypertension / drug therapy*, mortality Male Middle Aged Sex Factors |
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