[Hypertensive female patients often undertreated or treated too late. Therapy of hypertension needs women's initiative].
Both the cardiovascular risk profile and the incidence of arterial hypertension are known to show gender-specific differences. In postmenopausal women, the cardiovascular risk is clearly elevated. At particular risk are women with diabetes mellitus, overweight and hypertriglyceridemia. In numerous clinical studies on the treatment of arterial hypertension, however, the percentage of women involved is small, and not representative. Furthermore, studies on the confirmation of the diagnosis and treatment show that treatment of hypertension in female patients has often been less effective and less rigorously applied than in men. At the same time, it is known that the success of rigorous risk reduction is independent of gender.
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Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Wilhelmstr. 35-37 D-53111 Bonn. c.grohe@uni-bonn.de
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents