TO STUDY THE INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS CLINICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC PARAMETERS ON LIPID PROFILE ABNORMALITIES IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

Hypertension is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in both developing and developed countries. The association of hypertension & dyslipidemia is common. Dyslipidemia, causes endothelial damage and the loss of physiological vasomotor activity that may become manifested as increased blood pressure. We conducted study of 240 patients to evaluate the influence of various clinical, demographic, social and socioeconomic parameters on lipid profile abnormalities in hypertensive patients. Our study shows that hypertension obesity smoking sedentary life style male gender is significantly associated with dyslipidemia.