[Early recognition and long-term control of hypertension in a random study].
6 years after a random hypertension screening of the initially recognized 355 persons 234 ones were after-examined. The measurement of blood pressure with a great expenditure of time proved to be the only secure method to establish the whole number of patients with hypertension, while the X-ray picture and the anamnesis questionnaire take into consideration only one part of the cases. The control examination after 6 years established that the number of the continuously treated patients with hypertension increased, that a decrease of the pressure was achieved in 44% of the cases of hypertension and that it was possible to reduce at the same time a part of the risk factors, particularly the consumption of nicotine. Untreated cases showed a tendency to the increase of blood pressure.
D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011897:Random Allocation; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
Früherfassung und Langzeitüberwachung der Hypertonie in einer Stichprobenuntersuchung.