Abstract
Background: Hypertension is a major health problem worldwide. Its role, and other well - known coronary risk factors, especially dyslipidemia, in atherogenesis have informed estimation of cardiovascular risk. Hi therto, low density lipoprotein (LDL - C) and high density lipoprotein (HDL - C) are prominent in guidelines but attempts are being made to include the use of lipoprotein ratios to optimize the predictive capacity of lipid profile in risk evaluation. This stud y aimed to describe pattern of lipids abnormalities, including the common lipid ratios used in clinical practice and to understand if they differ more with abdominal obesity which compared with peripheral obesity in subjects with systemic hypertension. Mat erials and Methods: Two hundred and eleven new adult hypertensive patients were studied in a hospital - based cross - sectional study. Serum lipids were measured and lipoprotein ratios calculated. SPSS IBM 20 was used to analyze data.
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