Author/Authors :
Abu Siddique, Md. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Cardiology, Bangladesh , Sultan, Md. Ashraf Uddin Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Cardiology, Bangladesh , Sirajul Haque, K.M.H.S. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Cardiology, Bangladesh , Zaman, Mohammad Mostafa National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Bangladesh , Meshkat Ahmed, Chaudhury Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Cardiology, Bangladesh , Abdur Rahim, Md. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Medicine, Bangladesh , Salman, Mohammad Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Cardiology, Bangladesh
Abstract :
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was determined in clinic–based 1,517 hypertensive patients. All traits were present in 1.1% men and 12.8% women. Combination of different three traits were present as follows; hypertension with high triglyceride and low HDL (men  29.4% vs. women 51.8%), hypertension with high blood glucose and low HDL (men 13.5% vs. women 29.8%), hypertension with high glucose and high triglyceride (men 18.1% vs. women 18.1%), hypertension with high blood glucose and large waist (men 2.7% vs. women 25.7%), hypertension with high triglyceride and large waist (men 3.4% vs. women 39.3%) and hypertension with low HDL and large waist (men 2.5% vs. women 70.6%). This study shows that the metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among hypertensive patients especially women.
