Arterial hypertension (Ah) in military men of young and iddlle age: the role of body mass.
349 patients with Ah, men of young and middle age from 25 to 50, military men serving under the contract were studied according to the criterion of normal, excessive body weight and an obesity. We have evaluated the contribution of the trophic status to formation of Ah, accompanying rf and associated clinical conditions of the patients. It is established, that among young and middle age military men, serving under the contract offcers with Ah excessive body mass and obesity are observed in 82,8% of cases, that reliably higher, than in similar group of people without Ah. presence of obesity is accompanied by higher indexes of the sbp, Dbp and general cholesterol in blood, than in the group of patients with normal body mass. It leads to a higher additional risk of cardiovascular complications in this group of patients.