Frequency of comorbid pathology increasing cardiovascular risk in patients with arterial hypertension

Purpose of the study: to study the incidence of comorbid pathology that increases the total cardiovascular risk in patients with arterial hypertension (AH). Material and methods: the study was conducted within the framework of the project “Analysis and assessment of factors determining the control of management of patients with arterial hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic”, supported by the Swiss project “Effective management and prevention of non- communicable diseases in Kyrgyzstan”. Medical records of patients registered with a diagnosis of hypertension for 2022 were analyzed. To conduct the study, groups of family doctors (FGPs) were used as the Primary Sampling Unit (PSU). FGPs were selected using probability sampling proportional to population size. Patient medical records - Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs). 40 medical cards were selected from one FGP. 3675 medical records of patients with hypertension throughout the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic were studied. The age of the patients ranged from 19 to 93 years (mean age 62±9 years). The majority of those surveyed were women (2567 respondents - 69.9%), men - 1108 people (30.1%). Research results. Among comorbid diseases, the most common were coronary heart disease (46.5%), angina pectoris (31%), and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (22.4%). Among men, the most common were coronary heart disease (55.0%), angina (38.8%), and chronic heart failure (26.9%), and among women - coronary heart disease (42.8%), angina ( 27.7%), obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (22.3%). Conclusion. In patients with hypertension, in 85% of cases, comorbid pathology was recorded, which significantly aggravated the patient’s condition and increased the total cardiovascular risk. At the same time, among concomitant diseases, cardiac pathology predominated, primarily various variants of coronary artery disease, the frequency of which prevailed in men compared to women