To determine the frequency of hypertension with raised low density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) in patients of chronic renal failure

Aim: To determine the frequency of hypertension in CRF and to determine the frequency of elevated LDL-C in hypertensive CRF patients. Study design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study. Setting: Department of Medicine, Nishtar Hospital Multan. Duration of study: 01 January 2016 to 31 July 2016. Results: Our study was conducted on 140 patients, 84(60%) males and 56(40%) females. Among the 140 study cases, 112(80%) were Hypertensive and 28(20%) were Non Hypertensive. Elevated LDL-C was found in 98(70%) and normal LDL-C was found in 42(30%) cases. Among the 84 male cases 49(58.3%) were having Elevated LDL-C and 35(41.7%) were having normal LDL-C. Among the 56 female cases 49(87.5%) were having Elevated LDL-C and 7(12.5%) were having normal LDL-C. Among the study cases, who were Hypertensive, Elevated LDL-C was found in 84 (75%) cases and Normal LDL- C was found in 28(25%) cases. Among the study cases, who were Non Hypertensive, Elevated LDL-C was found in 14(50%) cases and Normal LDL-C was found in 14(50%) cases. Conclusions: Very high frequencies of Hypertension and Elevated LDL-C were observed in Chronic Renal Failure. Elevated LDL-C was more frequent finding in CRF patients with Hypertension than in CRF patient without Hypertension, and this difference was statistically significant. © 2018 Lahore Medical And Dental College. All rights reserved.