title: Hypertension in the young in eastern India.
abstract: Three hundred and forty-one young hypertensives in the age group of 18-30 years were evaluated over a 7-year period. Essential hypertension constituted the single largest group (35.8%). Renal pathology was the most common cause of secondary hypertension (26.4%). Congenital coarctation of the aorta and endocrine causes accounted for 14.1 percent and 3.2 percent cases of secondary hypertension, respectively. A strikingly high incidence of nonspecific aortoarteritis (20.1%) was a distinguishing feature amongst secondary causes. Aortoarteritis was the commonest cause of renal artery stenosis. Renal angioplasty was performed in 11 patients with refractory hypertension. Forty percent of the patients achieved post-angioplasty control of blood pressure without drugs; in 25 percent, the blood pressure became easier to control. Restenosis was detected in 4 cases over 18-24 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education & Research, Calcutta.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panja
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panja
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Pahari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution