Metabolic syndrome in hypertensive patients
- Author:
Hoang Trung Vinh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
metabolic syndrome, hypertensive
- MeSH:
Syndrome;
Hypertension;
Metabolic Diseases
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(11):36-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
With a control group of 43 health persons a study was performed on 131 hypertensive patients using the test of glucose tolerance. The average similar in 2 groups. In both 2 groups, an incidence of 36,78% of metabolic syndrome was concluded, among them 41,22% were in hypertensive group and 23,26% in control. The factors occurred with high frequency were diabetes, poor tolerance with glucose, BMI ≥ 23, high triglyceride levels ans low HDL- C levels subsequently