title: Relationship between body mass index (BMI) and changes in plasma total and HDL-cholesterol levels during treatment of hypertension in African patients.
abstract: Eighty-one adult Nigerians with essential hypertension were randomly allocated to receive doxazosin, hydrochlorothiazide/amloride, or amlodipine. In each group, the patients were further classified as obese and non-obese, and total cholesterol as well as high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was determined before and after the 3-month treatment period. The total cholesterol level was significantly reduced in the non-obese patients, but did not show any significant change in the obese patients after doxazosin therapy, indicating the beneficial effects of doxazosin therapy in non-obese patients. The levels of total cholesterol increased and HDL cholesterol decreased in both the obese and the non-obese patients after hydrochlorothiazide/amloride therapy. Amlodipine treatment did not cause any significant change in the total and HDL cholesterol levels in both the obese and non-obese patients. These findings are worthy of consideration by clinicians and researchers when selecting the most appropriate drug for antihypertensive pharmacotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ahaneku
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Agbedana
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017311:Amlodipine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D044383:Black People; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D017292:Doxazosin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D017311:Amlodipine; D002784:Cholesterol; D017292:Doxazosin