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M Georgescu

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The evolution of essential hypertension in a primary prophylactic survey. Ten-year longitudinal epidemiologic study (1971-1982).

The present work presents the evolution over a ten-year period of subjects with essential hypertension (EH) detected in a group of 5,000 men, aged 40-60 years, randomly selected in an urban environment. The prevalence of EH in the group studied was 20.5%, whereas "borderline" hypertension presented a prevalence of 21.4% reported in an earlier study. A proportion of 76.6% of the hypertensive patients were cared for in an outpatient unit; normal blood pressure values were obtained in about one third of the cases. This result is consistent in itself and, all the more so, bearing in mind ageing of the patients in the course of the study. The study had in view the annual incidence of essential hypertension and the evolution of atherogenic risk factors in hypertensive patients. The incidence of cerebrovascular accidents during the follow up period in this group was 6.85%, sudden death 1.7% and myocardial infarction 6.2%.

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The evolution of atherosclerotic risk factors in a primary prophylactic survey. Ten-year longitudinal epidemiologic study (1971-1982).

The present work is a study of the evolution of atherosclerotic risk factors in the course of ten years, in a group of 5,000 male subjects, aged 40 to 60 years, from an urban district, undergoing a programme of primary prevention against ischemic heart diseases. The general intervention methodology and the results after five years follow-up were published in earlier papers. The present work describes the ten year evolution of the prevalence of the main atherogenic risk factors studied, the yearly rate of prevalences, first appearance and correction potency of the risk factors detected.

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Study of respiratory and immunologic changes in the workers of a poultry farm.

The present investigation was designed to the study of respiratory symptoms and immunologic changes in workers of a poultry farm, chronically exposed to various organic allergens (avian, fungi, etc.). The group studied included 202 exposed subjects (109 at the slaughter house, 93 on the farms) and 100 controls. Although the group was chiefly made up of young women, non-smokers, exposure to avian allergens increased the prevalence of respiratory symptoms. Thus, coughing and expectoration was noted in 8.2% of the workers in the slaughter house and 10.7% of those on the farms, wheezing being present especially in the latter (13.9%). An apparently obstructive pulmonary function was observed in 16.10% of the farm hands and 1% of controls. The study of humoral immunity suggested that the presence of precipitation antibodies (76% positive reactions in the farms, 63% in the slaughter house, 44% among the controls) indicated exposure to avian allergens rather than the clinical and radiologic presence of the disease.

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