Screening for secondary hypertension (HTN) is recommended for early-onset HTN.
However, there have been few studies on secondary HTN in young adults. We aimed
to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for secondary HTN in young male
military personnel. In this retrospective cross-sectional study,
hypertensive men (age, 19-29 years) were identified using the electronic medical
records (EMR) database between 2011 and 2017. Among them, patients with secondary
HTN were confirmed through a review of the EMR. Using clinical characteristics
and laboratory findings, independent predictors associated with secondary HTN
were identified by binary logistic regression analysis. Secondary HTN was
confirmed in 140 of 6373 participants (2.2%). Overall, the most common causes
were polycystic kidney disease (n = 47, 0.74%) and renal parenchymal diseases (n
= 24, 0.38%). The independent predictors of secondary HTN were abnormal thyroid
function test (TFT) (odds ratio [OR]: 9.50, 95% confidence interval [CI]:
4.84-19.45, P
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Department of Cardiology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 25440, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 06273, Seoul, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence: sejoong@yuhs.ac (Se-Joong Rim)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2020, 21(4), 627–634;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm.2020.04.121
Submitted: 29 June 2020 | Revised: 28 October 2020 | Accepted: 2 November 2020 | Published: 30 December 2020
Copyright: © 2020 Kim et al. Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Keywords
Epidemiology
hypertension
military personnel
prevalence
young adult
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