[Impact of Arterial Hypertension on the Formation of the Risk of Mortality. Results of a 27­Year Prospective Study].

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the impact of arterial hypertension (AH) on formation of the risk of total and cardiovascular mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 27­year cohort prospective study was conducted on the sample of unorganised population of Tomsk (n=1 546, age 20-59 years, 630 men, 916 women). At the first stage (1988-1991) we studied the prevalence of AH, at the second stage (2015) we investigated overall and cardiovascular mortality and the prognostic significance of AH in shaping mortality. Criterion of AH was blood pressure (BP) ≥140/90 mm Hg or (in persons with BP.