THE STUDY OF THE RESULTS OF BLOOD HOMOCYSTEINE CONTENTS AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION BY PERINDOPRIL
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Objective: To evaluate the control results of blood homocysteine levels and blood pressure in patients with newly detected hypertension treated with perindopril. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 105 newly discovered hypertensive patients at the Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital from 2017–2018. Results: The mean blood homocysteine concentration after treatment with perindopril was lower than before treatment. 4.33 mol/L, 95% confidence interval: 3.69–4.97, p 0.001. After 6 weeks of treatment with perindopril, the proportion of patients with hyperhomocysteinemia decreased from 74.3% to 40.0% (p<0.05), and the proportion of patients with normal blood pressure accounted for 70.5% of the total. Grade 1 blood pressure decreased from 61.0% to 25.7%, and grade 2 hypertension decreased from 17.1% to 3.8%. The proportion of simultaneous control of both blood pressure and blood homocysteine was 62.8%. Conclusion: Perindopril is effective in controlling both blood pressure and blood homocysteine levels in patients with newly discovered hypertension.
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hypertension, blood homocysteine
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