title: [Masked Arterial Hypertension in Employed Adult Women: Aspects of Screening and Prognostication].
abstract: Masked (M) hypertension (H) remains an unsolved problem of cardiology. Gender aspects of MH require further pathogenetic deciphering and clinical interpretation. We used breathe-hold test and 24-hour blood pressure (BP) monitoring for detection of MH in 275 female middle- aged employees. MH Prevalence of MH was 7.7%. Special clinical and pathogenetic characteristics of MH in studied sample were as follows: high sensitivity of mean hemodynamic BP; body mass index increase, tendency to elevation of fasting glycaemia and lowering of glomerular filtration rate, more frequent presence of dyslipidemia in comparison with normotensive patients, absence of association with levels of anxiety and depression. Ten year risk of fatal cardiovascular events in women with MH was comparable with that among female patients with overt hypertension (0.76 vs 0.68 %). Received data became a basis for elaboration of screening programs of early detection and prevention of H.
authors.affiliation: Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov, Russia.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Lyamina
authors.affiliation: Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov, Russia.
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Malinova
authors.affiliation: Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nalivaeva
authors.affiliation: Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov, Russia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bizyaeva
authors.affiliation: Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov, Russia.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Senchikhin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059468:Masked Hypertension; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence