Clinical Study
Serum Lipid Profile of Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Patients in
Nnewi, South-East Nigeria
Table 2
Prevalence of various serum lipid abnormalities among the study participants.
| Lipid abnormality | hypertensives | controls | (%) | (%) |
| Elevated TC (5.2 mmol/L) | 89 (35.6) | 16 (6.4) | Elevated LDL-C (3.4 mmol/L) | 71 (28.4) | 15 (6.0) | Elevated TG (1.7 mmol/L) | 16 (6.4) | 2 (0.8) | Low HDL-C (1.04 mmol/L) | 54 (21.6) | 40 (16.0) | No lipid abnormality | 119 (47.6) | 194 (77.6) | One lipid abnormality | 54 (21.6) | 41 (16.4) | 2 lipid abnormality | 77 (30.8) | 15 (6.0) | At least one abnormality | 131 (52.4) | 56 (22.4) |
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TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC: total cholesterol.
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