Objective: 

The correlations between arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia, abnormal lipid profile and obesity are the characteristics of metabolic syndrome (MS) established by the criteria from WHO, NCEAP/ATP III (revised) and IDF. The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic syndrome components in hypertensive patients.

Methods: 

We investigated 137 patients (38.6% female) with a mean age of 53.8 +/- 2.7 years with a high level of arterial pressure and an abnormal lipid/glucose profile. All patients were evaluated for personal history, anthropometric and biochemical parameters (arterial pressure, lipid profile, blood glucose and body mass index)

Results:Hypertension (II stage) was present in 52,8% of patients and a high triglycerides level (329.7^2+/- 38.75 mg/dl) was detected in 58% of patients. 45.9% of patients were obese (BMI higher than 30 kg/m2) with a high percentage of abdominal obesity. BMI was correlated with total, LDL-cholesterol values and also with the parameters of glucose metabolism (p<0.001). In study group, 52.2% of patients with MS presented type II mellitus diabetes.

Conclusions: 

The results show a strong interrelationship between metabolic syndrome, obesity, abnormal lipidic profile and arterial hypertension. These correlations pointed out the fact that is necessary in hypertensive patients with obesity to control the risk factors and life style which can develop the metabolic syndrome.