2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2010.07.002
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Hypertension artérielle du sujet noir âgé de 50 ans et plus a Lomé : aspects épidémiologiques et évaluation du risque cardiovasculaire (Étude prospective et longitudinale de 1485 patients)

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“…One of the most important risk factors that increase the risk of coronary heart disease is diabetes, 42% of our patients had diabetes, with a higher prevalence in women (56% vs 44%). These results are close to those observed in Algeria (54.8%) [7], and higher than those observed in Togo (4.5%) [8]. Half of these diabetic patients are overweight and 20.2% have dyslipidaemia.…”
Section: Discussion:-supporting
confidence: 86%
“…One of the most important risk factors that increase the risk of coronary heart disease is diabetes, 42% of our patients had diabetes, with a higher prevalence in women (56% vs 44%). These results are close to those observed in Algeria (54.8%) [7], and higher than those observed in Togo (4.5%) [8]. Half of these diabetic patients are overweight and 20.2% have dyslipidaemia.…”
Section: Discussion:-supporting
confidence: 86%
“…L'hypertension artérielle (HTA), un facteur de risque indépendant de DE touche actuellement environ 27 à 28% de la population adulte âgée de 20 ans et plus en Afrique subsaharienne; environ 80 millions de patients souffraient d'HTA en 2000, et selon les projections épidémiologiques ils seront 150 millions en 2025 [ 3 , 4 ]. Au Togo, l'HTA représentait 36,7% dans la population générale à Lomé [ 5 ] et 74,29% des admissions dans le service de cardiologie du CHU Campus chez les sujets de plus de 50 ans [ 6 ]. L'association HTA et DE est bien connue.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…This prevalence is much higher than that observed in urban areas of the elderly in the national survey conducted in 2000 (52%) [2] and 2006 (33%) [13], similar to those observed in Algeria (67%) [14], Togo (63,8%) [15] and France (67,3% ) [16] and lower than that reported in Tunisian subjects aged 65 to 69 years (78%) [17] using the same diagnostic criteria, observed in elderly patients systemic arterial hypertension. According to the age group; the prevalence of hypertension significantly increases from 51% in the 60-64 age group to 68.9% in the 65-69 age group and 70.9% for 70-74.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 69%