Ewha Med J.  2021 Jan;44(1):19-25. 10.12771/emj.2021.44.1.19.

Correlation between Systolic Blood Pressure and Triglyceride Level in the Uzbekistan Population

• Kim BY
• Bang NY
• Baik DI
• Jung KY
• Park J

• KMID: 2512408
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2021.44.1.19

Abstract

Objectives
: This study aimed to characteristic the systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic pressure, pulse pressure, glucose, creatine, and lipid profile. This study also aimed to investigate the prevalence of hypertension and the relationship between hypertension and the lipid profile in Uzbekistan.
Methods
The subjects consisted of 58 Uzbekistan subjects recruited from Ewha Medical Care patients. Blood samples were collected from the patients for the lipid profile and random glucose and creatinine levels. Paired t tests were used for the group means and a chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. A multiple logistic regression analysis was performed.
Results
Among the 58 patients constituting the baseline population, hypertension developed in 42 patients. Among them, the triglyceride (TG) level was significantly higher in the hypertension group than normal group (173.19 vs. 127.06 mg/dL, P=0.014). The SBP had a positive correlation with the TG (r=0.979, P<0.01) and creatinine (r=0.002, P<0.05) levels and also, the pulse pressure had a positive correlation with the cholesterol level (r=0.539, P<0.05). A multivariate analysis (adjusted for age and sex) indicated that there was a positive correlation between the SBP and TG level (r=0.941, P<0.05).
Conclusion
There was a positive correlation between the SBP and TG level in the Uzbekistan population according to this study.

Keyword

Hypertension; Dyslipidemias; Triglycerides

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The flow chart of study. EMC, Ewha Medical Care.

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  Fig. 2 The difference of dyslipidemia in subjects with or without hypertension. TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein. Hypertension group, Normal group.

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  Fig. 3 The correlation between blood pressure and various profiles (n=58). (A) Correlation between age and systolic blood pressure (SBP), (B) correlation between age and pulse pressure (PP), (C) correlation between SBP and triglyceride (TG), (D) correlation between SBP and glucose, and (E) correlation between SBP and creatinine. Red circle: in the Pearson correlation analysis between the SBP and TG level, we found two outliers.

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  Fig. 4 The correlation between blood pressure and various profiles except for the two outliers (n=56). (A) Correlation between age and systolic blood pressure (SBP), (B) correlation between age and pulse pressure (PP), (C) correlation between PP and cholesterol, (D) correlation between SBP and triglyceride (TG), (E) correlation between SBP and creatinine, and (F) correlation between SBP and glucose.

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