ECE2015 Eposter Presentations Obesity and cardiovascular endocrinology (108 abstracts)
The relationship between socioeconomic level, and the prevalence of masked hypertension and asymptomatic organ damage
İhsan Ates 1 , Mustafa Altay 1 , Mustafa Kaplan 1 , Nihal Ozkayar 2 , Güvenç Toprak 1 , M Erdem Alagüney 1 & Adem Ozkara 3,
1Internal Medicine Department, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 2Nephrology Department, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 3Family Medicine Department, Hitit University Medical Faculty, Çorum, Turkey; 4Family Medicine Department, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of masked hypertension (MHT) and its association with asymptomatic organ damage (AOD) in a low socioeconomic district of Ankara, Turkey.
Material and methods: Data obtained from the medical records of 712 patients with no known diagnosis of hypertension that presented to a polyclinic due to symptoms related to elevated blood pressure (BP) and were screened for MHT were retrospectively reviewed. The essential hypertension (EHT) included 86 patients screened for AOD. The presence of AOD in patients diagnosed with MHT and the EHT group was recorded.
Results: Among the 712 patients, 206 were diagnosed with EHT and among the remaining 506 patients, 73 were diagnosed with MHT. The patients with MHT had a significantly higher left ventricular mass index, carotid intima media thickness, and 24-h urinary microalbuminuria level (all indicators of AOD) than those with EHT.
Conclusion: A significantly higher percentage of patients with MHT had AOD, as compared with those with EHT, in a low socioeconomic district of Ankara. Based on this finding, we think patients that present with hypertensive symptoms but have a normal BP should be advised to measure their BP at home.
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