RESUMO
The present work aimed to study microalbuminuria, endocrinal and metabolic disorders that may predict hypertension. One hundred and thirty subjects were classified into three groups; group I patients with essential hypertension [50 patients], group II normotensive offsprings with family history of hypertension [50 subjects] and group III healthy normotensive subjects [30 subjects]. The study confirmed that many of the components of hypertension syndrome as metabolic abnormalities [increased total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and hyperhomocysteinemia], renal abnormalities [microalbuminuria] and endocrinal abnormalities [increased plasma insulin, norepinephrine, renin and endothelin levels] precede the onset of high blood pressure. So, early identification and treatment of them will have a more significant impact on the course of the disease