title: Medical efficacy of a cooperative prevention programme of arterial hypertension.
abstract: The study included 43,197 men aged 40-54 years, of whom 23,378 were in the intervention group and 19,819 in the comparison group; the number of man-years of follow-up totalled for the whole group 177,703. The study proved the efficacy of active, predominantly secondary prevention of arterial hypertension (AH), carried out in men aged 40-54 years over a period of 3-5 years in 12 centres within the framework of the cooperative programme. In comparison with the control group, the following changes were registered in the intervention group: 1) overall mortality decreased by 17.3%; 2) stroke mortality decreased by 48.4%; 3) non-lethal stroke morbidity decreased by 51.4%; 4) morbidity of non-fatal myocardial infarction decreased in the course of four years by 23.8%. In contrast to this, mortality due to ischaemic heart disease was in the intervention group and in the control group practically the same.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Preventive Cardiology of the USSR Cardiology Research Centre, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Britov
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Sapozhnikov
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Makarova
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Loginova
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Nikulina
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tserkovnyi
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Molchanov
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Orlova
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Merezhko
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Diachkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR