title: Clustering of metabolic factors among the patients with essential hypertension.
abstract: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was determined in clinic-based 1,517 hypertensive patients. All traits were present in 1.1% men and 12.8% women. Combination of different three traits were present as follows: hypertension with high triglyceride and low HDL (men 29.4% vs. women 51.8%), hypertensio with high blood glucose and low HDL (men 13.5% vs. women 29.8%), hypertension with high glucose and high triglyceride (men 18.1% vs. women 18.1%), hypertension with high blood glucose and large waist (men 2.7% vs. women 25.7%), hypertension with high triglyceride and large waist (men 3.4% vs. women 39.3%) and hypertension with low HDL and large waist (men 2.5% vs. women 70.6%). The study shows that the metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among hypertensive patients especially women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh. drabusiddique@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Md
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abu Siddique
authors.forename: Md Ashraf Uddin
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: K M H S Sirajul
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Mohammad Mostafa
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: Chaudhury Meshkat
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Md Abdur
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rahim
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides