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[Prevalence of arterial hypertension in the Brittany population]
1Service de néphrologie, Centre hospitalier La Beauchée, St Brieuc.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The epidemiology of arterial hypertension was studied from 1988 to 1991 in a region in the west of France comprising 500,000 inhabitants. Prevalence of arterial hypertension was calculated to 16.2%, significantly higher in men than in women (22.5% vs 11.2%).