Abstract

Background: The prevalence of hypertension is high insulin elderly, more than 50% of male aged
above 55 years and female aged above 60 years have hypertentsion. Most of hypertensive patients aged
more than 60 years have isolated systolic hypertension in hypertensive.
Objectives: To determine the rate of isolated systolic hypertension in hypertensive elderly patients at
Department of Cardiology, Hue Central Hospital. Determine the rate of dyslipidemia in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study included of 234 hypertensive patients aged 60 and over
who were diagnosed and treatedat Department of Cardiology, Hue Central Hospital from 1/2019 to 10/2019.
Results: The rate of isolated systolic hypertension was 67.95%, increased systolic blood pressure
dominates in advancing age. The levels ofhypertension in patients with isolated systolic blood pressure
mostly were level 2 and level 3. The average value of systolic blood pressure decreased with age in
both groups of isolated systolic hypertension and mixturehypertension. The rate of postural hypotension
was 40.88% and this proportion rised with increasing blood pressure levels. Dyslipidemia rate in isolated
systolic hypertensive patients was high (53.46%); which mainly were increased triglycerides and
hypercholesteroleamia.
Conclusion: Isolated systolic hypertension predominate in the elderly hypertensive patients, the rate of
isolated systolic hypertension rised with increasing age; over half of isolated systolic hypertensive patients
had dyslipidemia; The rate of posture hypotension in patients with isolated systolic hypertension was high
and rised with increasing blood pressure levels.