Correlation between complements and risk factors for essential hypertension / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship of complements C3 and C4 with essential hypertension and its risk factors, homocysteine (HCY) and blood lipids.Methods We selected 20 healthy subjects for physical checkup as control group and 45 patients with hypertension as hypertension group.According to The Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Chinese Adults, the hypertension group was divided into lipid regulating therapy group and non-lipid regulating therapy group.We determined the levels of complements C3 and C4, HCY, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein and apolipoprotein.Pearson linear correlation regression analysis was used to analyze the correlation of the complements with HCY and blood lipid indexes.Results Complements C3 and C4 were significantly higher in the hypertension group than in the control group (P0.05) or to homocysteine (P=0.074, P=0.894).Conclusion Complements C3 and C4 are closely related to essential hypertension.Activation of the complement system is one of the important risk factors for hypertension.The lipid regulating therapy can significantly alleviate immune damage in patients with essential hypertension.Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for essential hypertension.