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Title: Studies on preventive nephrology: pattern of the subsets of hypertension in the paediatric, adolescent and adult population of Gassim, Saudi Arabia
Authors: SOYANNWO, AKIN O .M
GADALLAH, MOHSEN
HAMS, JAMAL
KURASHI, Y.NABIL
EL-ESSAWI, OSAMA
KHAN, A.NISSAR
SINGH, G.RANA
ALAMRY, ALADIN
BEYARI, H.TALAL
Keywords: hypertension
paediatric
nephrology
adolescent
Issue Date: Dec-1995
Publisher: SPECTRUM BOOKS LIMITED.
Citation: Afr. J. Med. med. Sci. (J995) 24 305-314
Abstract: As part of our studies in preventive nephrology, we have recorded the casual blood pressure during a total population cross-sectional survey of the Faizia East Primary Health District (FEPHD). A total of 5671 subjects had adequate records. Of these 2222 were adults (>1 9 years). The prevalence of systemic hypertension (HPN) was calculated, using as cut-off levels, £ 140/90 for the adult population and ^ 95th percentile as recommended by the Task Force for Blood Pressure Control in Children (1987) for the paediatric and adolescents (3-18 years). Using these definitions without modification, the three subsets of HPN viz. combined systolic/diastolic (S/DHPN), isolated systolic (ISHPN) and isolated diastolic (IDHPN) were derived for each of the age cohorts studied — 10-year age cohorts for the adults and the Task Force 3-year age cohorts for the paediatric/adolescent (P/A) population. In both adult and P/A population ISHPN constituted the bulk of the hypertensive population (56.68% for the adults and 51.57% for P/A). The IDHPN subset was the least for adults making up 11.64% while the S/DHPN was in between constituting 31.68%: For the P/A population S/DHPN was the least, 15.95% and IDHPN (32.48%) was in between. When distributed into 10-year age cohorts for the adults, ISHPN showed the steepest gradient depicting increasing prevalence with advancing age.
Description: Article
URI: http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/2120
ISSN: 1116-4077
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