OBESITY, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, AND HYPERURAECEMIA IN YOUNG AND OLD HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
Abstract
Background: There is strong correlation among hypertension, obesity, hyperlipidemia andhyperuricemia which are important risk factor for the cardiovascular disease. Objective of this study
was to assess and compare the prevalence of obesity, hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia among
young and old hypertensive patients in the local setting. Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted at medical Out-patient Department at Shahina Jamil Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, from
September 2007 to February 2008. Eighty-six patients seen in the medical outpatient department
were enrolled in the study. Patients with age 15 years or above and diagnosed as case of systemic
hypertension were included. Patients with endocrine disease, pregnancy, coarctation of aorta, and
renal disease leading to hypertension were excluded from the study. Results: Total eighty-six
patients with mean age of 53.7±12.9 years were included in the study. Patients were divided into
younger age group (age <46 years) and older age group (age ‰¥46 years). Mean Body Mass Index
(BMI) was 29.7±5.2 in the younger age group and 26.9±4.7 in the older age group, mean serum
cholesterol level was 192.2±14.2 mg/dL in younger age group and 190.9±18.3 mg/dL in the older
age group, mean serum triglyceride level was 170.5±13.7 mg/dL in younger age group and
166.6±21.4 mg/dL in the older age group and mean serum uric acid levels were 5.6±0.7 mg/dL in
younger age group and 5.7±1.2 mg/dL in the older age group. Overweight and obese patients were
70.9% with its higher prevalence in younger (86.2%) as compared to older patients (63.2%).
Hypercholesterolemia was found in 27.9% of the patients, with a frequency of 24.1% in younger
patients and 29.8% in the older patients. Hypertriglyceridemia was seen in 66.3% of the patients,
with a frequency of 69.0% in younger patients and 64.9% in the older patients. Hyperuricemia was
present in 37.2% of the hypertensive patients with a frequency of 34.5% in the younger patients and
38.6% in the older patients. Conclusion: Hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and
hyperuricemia are not associated with the age of the hypertensive patients. Increased BMI is more
frequent in the young as compared to the old hypertensive patients.
Keywords: hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperuricemia
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