[Comparative study of individual characteristics of patients with borderline arterial hypertension and more severe forms of hypertensive disease].

In order to compare individual health characteristics of healthy people and patients with borderline arterial hypertension (BAH) and hypertensive disease (HD) 867 TASS employees aged 18-68 (365 men and 502 women) were examined. Abridged variant of a multifactor questionnaire MMPI was used for the determination of the psychologic profile. Those examined were divided into 3 groups, namely, the first group comprised 96 patients with BAH; the second group 41 patients with HD of the 1st stage, and the 3d group consisted of 70 persons with a normal level of arterial pressure (the control group). BAH was detected in 146 persons (17.1%) and HD of the 1st and IInd stages in III persons (13.0%). The analysis of individual characteristics showed that an average profile of the male population with normal blood pressure had no distinct peaks by separate scales, whereas the combination of the characteristics in patients with HD (a rise on the 1st and the 3d scale and a decrease on the 9th one) was regarded as R-factor. The latter revealed a decrease in general activity and the presence of depression and asthenia The above changes were also registered in patients with BAH but they were less distinct and characterized by intermediate indices in patients with HD and the healthy people. No reliable differences were noted among females.