ACTA FAC. MED. NAISS. 2006;  23 (4): 209-214

  Original article

Danijela Cvetkovic¹
Marina Deljanin Ilic²
Maja Nikolic²

¹Health Care Center Nis, Serbia
²Faculty of Medicine, Nis, Serbia

    SUMMARY

The metabolic syndrome encompasses a group of clinical entities which point to an increased risk of development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Guided by highly predictive value of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in patients with arterial hypertension, the aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of MS in the patients of both sexes within the Municipality of Nis.

The study involved 140 hypertensive patients, 70 men with mean age of 67.47 years and 70 women with mean age of 67.06 years.

Antropometric values were measured in all the patients. Functional measurements, blood biochemistry and analysis of their medical records were also done. Events of cardiac death were evaluated in the course of a three-year follow-up.

The existence of MS was diagnosed in a high percent, in both males (70%) and females (71.43%).

Arterial hypertension and MS sufferers are more affected by dyslipidemia, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, and also are at higher risk of lethal outcome, compared to the arterial hypertension sufferers with no MS, regardless of sex.

    Key words: metabolic syndrome, arterial hypertension