title: [Cardiovascular morbimortality after a follow-up of six years in black hypertensive in South Algeria].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Arterial hypertension is a major public health problem not only internationally, but also in our country, and it is the major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. In south Algeria, the black population is nearly half the population of the oases of the Algerian Sahara.
  The objectives of the study are to analyze the long-term fate of the black hypertensive subjects in Algerian oases in southern Algeria, in terms of morbidity and mortality, comparing the morphometric profile and cardiovascular complications with the white population of the same oases.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand four hundred and twenty-five subjects of both sexes were included (811 blacks and 614 white subjects), aged 40 and older, living in the Algerian Sahara and were reviewed after six years of decline. The control consisted of filling a questionnaire oriented on civil status, target organ damage, the number of hospitalizations and mortality. All calculations and statistical analyzes are processed by the SPSS 17.0 and Epi Info6 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age for the black population and the white population was 60.3±11.1 and 58.6±10.6years, respectively. The incidence of hypertension was 50 % among blacks. The main complications observed were: stroke in 3.8 %, heart failure in 3.1 %, myocardial infarction in 1.7 %, hospitalizations related to cardiovascular complications of the black population was around 4.4 %, mortality 5.4 %.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data on hypertension black subjects emphasize the importance of a policy of adequate local health issues raised, both in terms of the management of hypertension, as in investment in local medical research.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et cardiologie, CHU Blida, BP 09000, Blida, Algérie. Electronic address: ghani11bc@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bachir Cherif
authors.affiliation: Centre de cardiologie Ghardaia, BP 47000, Ghardaia, Algérie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Temmar
authors.affiliation: Service de gériatrie, CHU Nancy, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Labat
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et cardiologie, CHU Blida, BP 09000, Blida, Algérie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Atif
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ain Taya, BP 16000, Ain Taya, Algérie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chibane
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie CHU Mustapha, BP 16000, Alger, Algérie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benkhedda
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et cardiologie, CHU Blida, BP 09000, Blida, Algérie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taleb
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Rouiba, BP 16000, Rouiba, Algérie.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benfenatki
authors.affiliation: Service de gériatrie, CHU Nancy, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benetos
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et cardiologie, CHU Blida, BP 09000, Blida, Algérie.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bouafia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality; D015994:Incidence; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000208:ethnology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000208:ethnology; D015996:Survival Rate; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Black; Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; Facteurs de risque; Hypertension; Hypertension artérielle; Morbimortalité cardiovasculaires; Noir; Risk factors