Abstract : OBJECTIVES To show that lipid and lipoprotein levels and cell sodium and potassium content and tran
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Abstract : OBJECTIVES To show that lipid and lipoprotein levels and cell sodium and potassium content and transport could change depending on the degree of hypertension.|DESIGN AND METHODS Forty-three hypertensive patients and 20 healthy subjects were recruited at the Cardiology and Biochemistry Departments of Tlemcen University Hospital Centre (Northwest of Algeria).|RESULTS Levels of CHOL TG PL HDL-TG LDLc LDL-TG LDL-PL HDL2-TG and HDL3-TG were significantly higher in hypertensive patients than those in controls. HDL-PL levels were significantly lower in patients compared with controls and decreased according to the grade of hypertension. HDL2c HDL2-PL and HDL3-TG and cell content and fluxes of sodium and potassium change gradually with higher grades of hypertension.|CONCLUSIONS: Hypertensive patients with circulating lipid alterations are associated to ion cell content and transport abnormalities, which were worsened progressively with higher grade of hypertension.|
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