title: Increased serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in men treated short-term with the diuretic chlorthalidone.
abstract: The effect of the diuretic chlorthalidone (100 mg/day for 6 weeks) on serum lipoproteins was evaluated in 37 subjects. In 19 men with essential hypertension (aged 41 +/- 3 yr), 8 normal men (26 +/- 3 yr), or all of these men considered together, chlorthalidone significantly increased serum low density lipoprotein--cholesterol (LDL-C) by 20% (p less than 0.05 to less than 0.01). There was also a tendency for increased LDL-C in seven postmenopausal women (+/- 15%) but not in three premenopausal women with essential hypertension. High density lipoprotein--cholesterol was not significantly changed in hypertensive women or normal men and decreased slightly (p less than 0.05) in hypertensive men. Apolipoproteins A-I, A-II, and B were not changed significantly in women or men. Diuretic-induced lipoprotein alterations were not associated with altered plasma volume and unrelated to variations in serum potassium, glucose, insulin levels, blood pressure, and body weight. Short-term diuretic therapy with chlorthalidone may increase serum LDL-C in young or middle-aged men with normal or high blood pressure.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002752:Chlorthalidone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D002752:Chlorthalidone