[Prevalence of hypertension in the population of the right-bank Warsaw districts based on research from the Pol-Monica study].

In 1984 a group of 1309 men and 1337 women aged 35-64 years were studied in the population of Warsaw. The standardized mean systolic blood pressure was 143.4 mm Hg in men and 144.0 mm Hg in women (p less than 0.05), the mean values for the diastolic pressure were 89.7 mm Hg in men and 85.8 mm Hg in women (p less than 0.05). The standardized per cent values of borderline hypertension were 23.4% for men and 21.9% for women (p less than 0.05), according to WHO criteria the prevalence of hypertension was 35.8% in men and 28.0% in women (p less than 0.05). Only 55% of hypertensive men and 73% of hypertensive women knew that they had had hypertension, and 42% of male patients and 64% of female patients had had any treatment for hypertension. In the present study a correlation was demonstrated between hypertension and socioeconomic class (significantly higher blood pressure was found in people at lower educational level), besides that higher pressure was noted in married men and in women working artisans in relation to hose doing clerical work. The proportion of hypertensive subjects increased with increasing cholesterol level and with increasing overweight. A negative correlation was showed between hypertension and cigarette smoking. Ischaemic heart disease was significantly more frequent in hypertensive subjects as in normotensive ones.