title: [Prevalence of anxiety disorders in patients with essential hypertension].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Various studies found a high correlation among anxious symptomatology and hypertension.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine and to compare prevalence of anxiety disorder among patients with essential hypertension and a control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  The structured clinical interview (SCID I) was administered (anxiety disorder module) to 157 people including 57 essential hypertensive patients (non diabetics, without CVA and or other complications) and 100 controls (non hypertensive people that converge to the hospital).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed a higher frequency of anxiety disorder in the hypertensive group than in the control group (p <0.001).
authors.affiliation: Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina. gisellevetere@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Giselle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vetere
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ripaldi
authors.forename: Ezequiel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ais
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korob
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kes
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villamil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence