The objective of the study was to determine the association of DCMP and essential hypertension. We examined 1820 outpatients using echocardiography. Office blood pressure, height and weight were measured to all of them. 9 males and 1 female with dilated cardiomyopathy and essential hypertension and 11 males and 2 females with dilated cardiomyopathy but without hypertension were identified among these subjects. Control group consisted of 97 men with essential hypertension and no signs of dilated cardiomyopathy. Mean age in dilated cardiomyopathy group was 56.5 (5.5) and in dilated cardiomyopathy and essential hypertension-52.1 (3.6) years. Male to female ratio was 11:2 and 9:1 respectively for these groups. Based on cluster analysis we assumed that both groups belong to the same cluster. Using ANOVA statistically significant differences of body mass index and diastolic blood pressure were found between groups with dilated cardiomyopathy and essential hypertension and essential hypertension without dilated cardiomyopathy. Results of cluster analysis allowed us to suspect that there were no specific characters of dilated cardiomyopathy in hypertensive patients comparing with normotensives. At the same time hypertensive patients had higher risk of dilated cardiomyopathy if they were of male gender, aged 49-55, with the obesity and high diastolic pressure (over 100 mm Hg).
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