Piotr Skrzypczyk, Katarzyna Pawlik, Adam Bujanowicz, Tobiasz Wroniewicz, Michal Szyszka, Anna Ofiara, Malgorzata Panczyk-Tomaszewska
OBJECTIVE: Adult data proved that dyslipidemia is associated with cardiovascular risk. Our study aimed to analyze the relation between lipid indices, arterial damage and urinary albumin excretion (UAE) in children with primary hypertension (PH). DESIGN AND METHOD: In 87 pediatric patients (15.10 ± 2.68 years, 60 boys, 27 girls) with untreated PH, we nalysed total, high-density, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (T-C, LDL-C, HDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and lipid indices: TG/HDL-C, Non-HDL-C, T-C/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), atherogenic index (AI), lipoprotein combine index (LCI), and CHOLIndex (LDL-C - HDL-C)...
June 1, 2022: Journal of Hypertension