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Occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in newly diagnosed hypertensive adult Gujarati patients in G. K. General Hospital, Bhuj

Background A study of 30 newly diagnosed hypertensive Gujarati patients visiting the OPD of G. K. General Hospital, Bhuj, Gujarat, India was carried out. The main aim of the study was to estimate the occurrence of metabolic syndrome in newly diagnosed hypertensive patientsMethods: The study was carried out in a period of 2 months and data was collected after obtaining prior consent of patients and IEC approval. Blood pressure, waist circumference and BMI (body mass index) of the selected patients were measured while blood sample was collected for the laboratory investigations. The data collected was analysed using appropriate softwareResults: On observation, out of 30 hypertensive patients 22 (73.33%) patients suffered from metabolic syndrome. Also in patients suffering from metabolic syndrome, along with hypertension 63.63% (n=14) patients suffered from hypertriglyceridemia, 68.18% (n=15) patients had low HDL cholesterol, 77.27% (n=17) patients had high FBS, 72.72% (n=16) patients had abnormal BMI and 63.63% (n=14) patients had abnormal waist circumference.

Conclusions This very high occurrence values signifies the need of study with larger sample size based on region for further evaluation to treat the high risk patients on early diagnosis.