Assessment of Serum Lipid Profile Among Sudanese With Hypertension in Khartoum state

Abstract

A cross sectional study conducted IN KHARTOUM STATE during the period from May 2011 to June 2011 for assessment of the serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-Cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol of 50 hypertensive patient enrolled in the study as a test 2 group , and 50 apperently subjects as a control group for comparison . The serum lipid profiles for both the test group and the control group, were processed using enzymatic methods spectrophotometer from Biosystem Company. The data was analyzed and the results show that the means of the serum levels of total cholesterol ,low density lipoprotein and triglycerides of the hypertensive group are significantly raised ,but the mean of the serum levels of high density lipoprotein is significantly reduced when in comparison with apparently healthy ( non-hypertensive ) subjects. In conclusion: Hypertensive patients have raised serum levels of total cholesterol , LDL and triglycerides where as the mean of the serum levels of HDL is significantly reduced ,this dislipideamia shows weak correlation with the duration of hypertension and the body weight.