Abstract P201: Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Hypertensive Patients [Session Title: Onsite Poster Competition I With Reception]

This study was done to find out the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital of northern India, Guru Nanak Dev hospital, attached to Government Medical College, Amritsar, India.Methods: It is a hospital based cross sectional study involving one hundred newly diagnosed subjects with hypertension above the age 20 years. High blood pressure was defined according to Joint National committe-7 (JNC-7) guidelines, taking systolic BP> 140 and diastolic BP>90 as hypertension. Exclusion criteria included secondary hypertension, secondary cause of obesity, pregnancy, acute illness, or on steroids or any other medications known to elevate plasma glucose. The diagnosis of MS was defined as per Modified Cholesterol Education Program- Adult treatment Panel -III (MCEP-ATP III) criteria.Statistical analysis was done using student’s t-test and chi- square test, and p value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.Results: Table1 Hypertensive MS patients Vs hypertensive patients without MS Table 1Discussion: The increased prevalence of MS in our study shows the impact of life style changes, low socioeconomic status etc. High prevalence of MS in females is possibly because of sedentary habits and staying at home. In our study, high body mass index and central obesity and hypertriglyceridemia were shown to be strongly linked to MS.
Source: Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Poster Abstract Presentations Source Type: research