title: Study of the influence of lipids on the balance parameters in patients with well and poorly controlled arterial hypertension.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the correlation of the level of cholesterol fractions and balance in two groups of patients with well and poorly controlled hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 106 patients: 41 males and 65 females with diagnosed arterial hypertension without concomitant diseases which could affect the balance system. The average age of the patients was 52.1 +/- 7.7 years. The values of the level of individual lipid fractions from the previous three months were obtained from the medical records of the patients. The influence of the cholesterol fractions in the patient group with well and poorly controlled hypertension on balance parameters was assessed. The balance examination was conducted on a stabilometric platform.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study results indicate a correlation between balance disorders and the increase of cholesterol levels in people with hypertension regardless of its level of control. Patients with uncontrolled hypertension more frequently presented a deterioration of the balance parameters examined on the stabilometric platform. The increase in the level of the LDL cholesterol fraction was associated with a deterioration of the balance parameters only in the group with uncontrolled hypertension, both in the eyes open and eyes closed test. The increase in the level of cholesterol and its individual fractions in combination with arterial pressure above 140/90 mmHg in our study deteriorated the balance parameters for the distance traveled, velocity of movement and the size of the area marked by the projection of the center of gravity in the examined persons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Disorders of lipid balance may be associated with changes in the balance system and accelerate their development in people under 60 years of age, which translates to worse balance parameters achieved in the stabilometric platform test, especially
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kosiba
authors.forename: Magdalena B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kaziuk
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drzał-Grabiec
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Snela
mesh_terms: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL