title: The association of anthropometric measurements and lipid profiles in Turkish hypertensive adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies have associated anthropometric measurements and lipid profile with hypertension in adult populations and to the best of our knowledge none has been done in Turkey
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To relate anthropometric derivatives of overweight/obesity with hyperlipidemia status in a group of Turkish hypertensive adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six hundred forty nine (307 male, 342 female) hypertensive adults aged between 20 and 64 years were included in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) of participants were measured as 147.6 ± 17.2 and 91.4 ± 10.4 mmHg for males and 149.9 ± 16.3 and 91.1 ± 9.4 mmHg for females, respectively. With respect to BMI classification systolic BP was significantly higher in obese males and females, and diastolic BP was only higher in obese females (p<0.05). According to BMIs for lipid profile, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), total cholesterol (TC) levels were found to be lower in normal females than other BMI groups. Age and waist circumference (WC) in particular was the most related factor for systolic and diastolic BP in both genders (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study indicates most hypertensive adults surveyed were overweight and obese. Furthermore, age and WC were the important factors that affects the systolic and diastolic BP in both genders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gazi University, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yildiran
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hilal
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gezmen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilici
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanlier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids