[Clinical implication of the body mass and waist/thigh indices in hypertensive patients: correlations with blood uric acid levels].
Body mass index (BMI) and waist/thigh circumference (WTC) were estimated in 104 patients with mild and moderate arterial hypertension (AH) lasting for 8.4 +/- 3.2 years (63 men, 41 women, mean age 50.2(+)-9.6 years). Blood concentration of uric acid was tested with enzymes (Boehringer Mannheim kits). Only 5 of 104 examinees had BMI under 25. The majority of the patients (79%) had high WTC. Hyperuricemia was detected in 32 of 104 patients. Uric acid level in the blood correlates (r = 0.43) with WTC but not with BMI.
Donskov
A S
AS
Balkarov
I M
IM
Golub'
G V
GV
Anikina
S A
SA
Saltykova
N G
NG
Levchuk
S M
SM
Gavrilova
E S
ES
D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol