Risk factors for cardiovascular disease: 'clustering' in the older hypertensive man.
Hypertension is a common condition in elderly men. The prevalence is reported to be as high as 60%, depending on the definitions used for both 'hypertension' and 'elderly'. Other cardiovascular risk factors, including obesity, smoking, glucose intolerance, physical inactivity and dyslipidaemia, often coexist with hypertension, in the older as well as in younger age groups. This 'clustering' of risk factors for cardiovascular disease has major implications for treatment threshold and choice of antihypertensive therapy.
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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, UK.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors