Hypertension or high blood pressure (BP) can lead to heart, renal and cerebral problems. Hypertensives in comparison to normotensives may have an altered lipid profile which can cause vascular diseases.. In this study 50 newly diagnosed hypertensive cases with blood pressure greater than 140/90 mmHg and 50 normotensive controls with blood pressure less than 140/90mmHg were selected. Body mass Index (BMI) was calculated and lipid parameters namely Total Cholesterol(TC), Triglycerides (TGL), Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)and High-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) were investigated. The newly diagnosed hypertensives had a statistically significant increase in height, weight and BMI when compared to controls . A significant increase in all the lipid parameters except HDL-C was found in the cases when compared to the controls with a p value of <0.01. The paired t test, Chi square statistic and Pearson’s correlation analysis also showed significance. These findings were similar to some earlier studies . The HDL-C levels were comparable in both cases and controls. Hence this study highlights the importance of lipid profile investigation in hypertension.
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