Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure
| Autor: | Rafael S. Reis, Isabela J. Benseñor, Paulo A. Lotufo |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 73, Iss 2, Pp 201-210 (1999) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0066-782X 1678-4170 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0066-782X1999000800008 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To determine if abnormal laboratory findings are more common in individuals with hypertension and in those with other risk factors, such as obesity, smoking and alcohol ingestion. METHODS: A study was carried out in the general outpatient clinics of a university hospital (145 individuals without previous diagnosis of hypertension) and the following variables were assessed: high blood pressure (as defined by the VI Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - VI JNC), obesity [calculated using body mass index (BMI)], tobacco use, and alcoholic ingestion. The laboratory examinations consisted of the following tests: hemogram, glycemia, uric acid, potassium, total/HDL-fraction cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium and creatinine. RESULTS: High blood pressure was not associated with a higher number of abnormal laboratory tests. Hypertensive individuals with a BMI > or = 25kg/m² or normotensive obese individuals, however, had a higher frequency of diabetes (12X), hypertriglyceridemia (3X), and hypercholesterolemia (2X), as compared with hypertensive individuals with BMI |
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