The 185 women over 40 years of age hospitalized for arterial hypertension in the Department of Cardiology will be included in the study, including: the study group who demonstrated maximal oxygen consumption measured during incremental exercise indexed per kilogram - VO2max\<17 ml/kg/min and a second group who presented VO2max\>17 ml/min/kg.Selected prognostic factors will be analyzed, among others: demographic data of the patient, physical examination, symptoms, etiology and history of arterial hypertension, co-morbidities, results of selected laboratory tests, selected electrocardiographic and echocardiographic data, patient's cooperation with the doctor, treatment applied, parameters in the spiroergometric study, non-invasive assessment for central arterial pressure waveform analysis and body mass analysis.
