Clustering of metabolic factors among the patients with essential hypertension

Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. 2008 Dec;34(3):71-5.

Abstract

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was determined in clinic-based 1,517 hypertensive patients. All traits were present in 1.1% men and 12.8% women. Combination of different three traits were present as follows: hypertension with high triglyceride and low HDL (men 29.4% vs. women 51.8%), hypertensio with high blood glucose and low HDL (men 13.5% vs. women 29.8%), hypertension with high glucose and high triglyceride (men 18.1% vs. women 18.1%), hypertension with high blood glucose and large waist (men 2.7% vs. women 25.7%), hypertension with high triglyceride and large waist (men 3.4% vs. women 39.3%) and hypertension with low HDL and large waist (men 2.5% vs. women 70.6%). The study shows that the metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among hypertensive patients especially women.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Blood Glucose / analysis
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications*
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Life Style
  • Male
  • Metabolic Syndrome / complications*
  • Metabolic Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Tobacco Use Disorder / complications
  • Tobacco Use Disorder / epidemiology
  • Triglycerides / blood
  • Waist Circumference
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Triglycerides