Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure
OBJECTIVE: To determine if abnormal laboratory findings are more common in individuals with hypertension and in those with other risk factors, such as obesity, smoking and alcohol ingestion. METHODS: A study was carried out in the general outpatient clinics of a university hospital (145 individuals...
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| author | Rafael S. Reis Isabela J. Benseñor Paulo A. Lotufo |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To determine if abnormal laboratory findings are more common in individuals with hypertension and in those with other risk factors, such as obesity, smoking and alcohol ingestion. METHODS: A study was carried out in the general outpatient clinics of a university hospital (145 individuals without previous diagnosis of hypertension) and the following variables were assessed: high blood pressure (as defined by the VI Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - VI JNC), obesity [calculated using body mass index (BMI)], tobacco use, and alcoholic ingestion. The laboratory examinations consisted of the following tests: hemogram, glycemia, uric acid, potassium, total/HDL-fraction cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium and creatinine. RESULTS: High blood pressure was not associated with a higher number of abnormal laboratory tests. Hypertensive individuals with a BMI > or = 25kg/m² or normotensive obese individuals, however, had a higher frequency of diabetes (12X), hypertriglyceridemia (3X), and hypercholesterolemia (2X), as compared with hypertensive individuals with BMI <25kg/m² and preobese/normal weight normotensive individuals. CONCLUSION: High blood pressure is not associated with a higher frequency of abnormal laboratory tests. The association of high blood pressure and obesity, however, increases the detection of diabetes and dyslipidemias. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3c15ccba5ec42f2a27c7c784f448f822022-12-22T01:15:01ZengSociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia0066-782X1678-41701999-08-0173220121010.1590/S0066-782X1999000800008Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressureRafael S. ReisIsabela J. BenseñorPaulo A. LotufoOBJECTIVE: To determine if abnormal laboratory findings are more common in individuals with hypertension and in those with other risk factors, such as obesity, smoking and alcohol ingestion. METHODS: A study was carried out in the general outpatient clinics of a university hospital (145 individuals without previous diagnosis of hypertension) and the following variables were assessed: high blood pressure (as defined by the VI Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - VI JNC), obesity [calculated using body mass index (BMI)], tobacco use, and alcoholic ingestion. The laboratory examinations consisted of the following tests: hemogram, glycemia, uric acid, potassium, total/HDL-fraction cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium and creatinine. RESULTS: High blood pressure was not associated with a higher number of abnormal laboratory tests. Hypertensive individuals with a BMI > or = 25kg/m² or normotensive obese individuals, however, had a higher frequency of diabetes (12X), hypertriglyceridemia (3X), and hypercholesterolemia (2X), as compared with hypertensive individuals with BMI <25kg/m² and preobese/normal weight normotensive individuals. CONCLUSION: High blood pressure is not associated with a higher frequency of abnormal laboratory tests. The association of high blood pressure and obesity, however, increases the detection of diabetes and dyslipidemias.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X1999000800008laboratory examinationshigh blood pressureobesityscreening |
| spellingShingle | Rafael S. Reis Isabela J. Benseñor Paulo A. Lotufo Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia laboratory examinations high blood pressure obesity screening |
| title | Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure |
| title_full | Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure |
| title_fullStr | Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure |
| title_short | Laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual. Value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure |
| title_sort | laboratory assessment of the hypertensive individual value of the main guidelines for high blood pressure |
| topic | laboratory examinations high blood pressure obesity screening |
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