comparative study of lipid profile in children and young adults of the hypertensive and normotensive parents living in Lahore - Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Two hundred children of hypertensive and normotensive parents belonging to middle income group were studied for cholesterol, HDL - cholesterol, serum triglycerides values and their association with blood pressure. The mean serum cholesterol concentrations within the two groups revealed no significant difference. In the sex matched 5 - 7 and 8 - 10 years age subgroups, mean cholesterol values showed a significant difference [p<0.05]. The mean values of HDLcholesterol on comparison between the two groups were statistically significant [p<0.01]. The mean values of serum triglycerides were found to be significantly higher when compared in two groups [p<0.0001] and when compared male to male and female to female in each groups the mean differences again were significant [p < 0.02] and [p < 0.01]. A significant association [p < 0.002] was observed between systolic blood pressure and serum triglycerides