Hypertension detected in young black women by routine screening in a family planning clinics.
The prevalence of hypertension, defined as a diastolic blood pressure over 100 mmHg, among young Black women who attended a family planning clinic in Johannesburg, was 2,85%, while in those over 35 years of age it was 8,5%. There was no correlation between hypertension and urbanisation, occupation or urinary sodium output. Within 6 months of diagnoisis, 84% of the women with hypertension had defaulted from the treatment clinic. Family planning clinics can economically screen patients for hypertension, but in this community a separate screening programme would not succeed until patient compliance has improved.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008403:Mass Screening; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa