The prevalence of arterial hypertension as a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases in one of the cities in Siberian Federal District

Abstract

The present article analizes the prevalence of arterial hypertension, features of distribution of the various BP levels, efficiency of its medicamental control in the adult unorganized population of 25–64 years old of the Western Siberian city during one-stage epidemiological research carried out within the framework of the ESSAY Russian Federation-2012 (Epidemiology of Cardio Vascular diseases in regions of the Russian Federation). The unfavorable epidemiological situation was established concerning arterial hypertension in the surveyed population. The received results prove expediency of population strategy of arterial hypertension prevention in the studied group of the population.