Lipid profile in non-obese and non-diabetic: hypertensive patients

ABSTRACT

To find out the frequency and pattern of lipid abnormalities in non-obese and non-patients suffering from essential hypertension. This is the cross sectional descriptive study. The study was conducted at the Department of Medicine and its OPD, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore from July 2009 to February 2010. 100 patients were included in the study. Patients were taken randomly. Blood samp were checked in Pathology laboratory of the hospital. Increase in total serum cholesterol was seen in majority of patients. Increase in total cholesterol showed an increasing trend with the time duration of hypertension. Highly atherogenic LDL-cholesterol was increased in majority of patients. One patient of familial combined hyperlipidemia was also detected. Physicians should be careful while treating hypertensive patients. Lipid profile should be advised not only in obese and diabetic but also in thin lean non-diabetic, hypertensive patients. If we treat dyslipidemia in -0 hypertensive patients we can decrease the coronary artery disease risk to an appreciable level