[Detection and treatment of arterial hypertension at a district polyclinic].

Arterial hypertension was revealed in 65 of 210 (30.9%) males 40 to 59 years of age living on the territory of one doctors' locality of a district out-patient clinic. Among patients with increased arterial pressure 32.3% received hypotensive treatment which proved effective in 10.7%. The results of six-month treatment of 30 patients are analyzed. The most significant decrease in diastolic arterial pressure was encountered in the group of persons who were given regular treatment.