Dyslipidemias in normotensive and hypertensive individuals

The present work was carried out to compare the effects of age and antihypertensive therapy on lipid profile in hypertensive and normotensive individuals. A total of 150 individuals were used for the study.100 hypertensive under therapy were used and 50 normotensive served as control. Serum lipid (Cholesterol (T -chol) , triglyceride (TG), Phospholipids (PL),High density lipoprotein( HDL-chol ), Low density lipoprotein( LDLchol) and very low density lipoprotein (VLD L- chol) were biochemical parameters monitored. The normotensive studied had mean age of 50 ± 11 years and blood pressure of 117 ± 6 / 77± 6 mmHg. The hypertensive had mean age of 55 ± 10 years and blood pressure of 177±25 /103 ± 10 mmHg. The study revealed that there was a highly significant effect of age on total cholesterol in hypertensive than normotensive individuals .The mean total cholesterol (T -chol) and triglyceride (TG) were (156±11, and 59 ± 4) mg/dl respectively for the normotensives; and hypertensive the means were 166 ± 13 for the T -chol and 66± 7 mg/dl for triglyceride (P