ABSTRACT
Hypertension is an important cardiovascular disease and a recognized accompaniment of glomerulonephritis. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of hypertension among patients with glomerulonephritis and determine the various histological types which are associated with hypertension in North Okkalapa General Hospital. The period of study is from 1 December 1992 to 25 October 1993. All patients with biopsy proven glomerulonephritis were included in the study. There were 80 patients with glomerulonephritis and (53 percent) were found to be hypertensive. (65 percent) of those patients with glomerulonephritis who were hypertensive had mesangiocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis followed by mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (43 percent). Oedema, the hallmark of nephritis, was absent in (11 percent) of the hypertensive patients. There were four patients with hypertension associated with pregnancy. (75 percent) had mesangiocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis. Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis is the histological type most commonly associated with glomerulonephritis. As hypertension was the sole presenting feature in (4 percent) of patients with glomerulonephritis, glomerulonephritis should be considered in all young patients with hypertension.