Management of Hypertension in the Elderly Patient at Abidjan Cardiology Institute (Ivory Coast)

Table 1

Population distribution according to the classification of blood pressure, the other cardiovascular risk factor, and target organ damage at first presentation.

Clinical data	%
Classification of blood pressure
Controlled blood pressure	9.2
Systolic and diastolic hypertension (51.8%)
Grade1 hypertension	4.8
Grade 2 hypertension	14.7
Grade 3 hypertension	32.3
Isolated systolic hypertension (38.5%)
Grade1 hypertension	16.8
Grade 2 hypertension	12.7
Grade 3 hypertension	9
Isolated diastolic hypertension	0.5
Other cardiovascular risk factor
Dyslipidemia	56%
Diabetes	18.6
Smoking	23.7
Obesity	33.8
Abnormal pulse pressure	80.4
Organ damage
No organ damage	36.3
One organ damage
Cardiovascular	37.9
Neurological	9.8
Renal	2.7
More than one organ damage
Cardiovascular + renal	8.5
Cardiovascular + neurological	3.1
Renal + neurological	0.6
Cardiovascular + neurological + renal	1.1