Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study is to measure the lipoprotein (a) levels in the esantial hypertension patients and to evaluate the correlation of essential hypertension and lipoprotein (a) levels. MATERIAL AND METHOD: 128 patients submitted to the clinic of internal medicine in Tepecik Teaching and Research Hospital have been included in our study. 82 of them were diagnosed as essential hypertansion, 43 were females and 39 were males with an age range of 30-67. 46 individuals have been included in the control group, 26 were females and 20 were males with an age range of 30-59. Serum lipoprotein(a) levels have been measured with immunoturbidimetric method. Dialab (GmbH Austria) kits have been used in the Roche Modüler P 800 autoanalyzer for the evaluation. Total cholesterol, trigliceride, HDL levels have been measured with the enzymatic method. Roche Diagnostic kits have been utilized in the Roche Modüler P 800 autoanalyzer for the evaluation. All statistical tests were performed using the SPS 11.0 d ata analysis program. Data were analyzed using student t-test. FINDINGS: Lipoprotein (a) levels vvere found as 18.5 mg/Dl in the patient with essential hypertension group, while 17.4 mg/Dl in the control group (p=0.778). CONCLUSION: In the current study, there was no signifıcant increase identified in the lipoprotein (a) levels of the isolated essential hypertension patients comparing with the control group.