STATUS OF LIPID METABOLISM PARAMETERS, INTIMA-MEDIA COMPLEX THICKNESS, AND PERSONAL ANXIETY IN YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND OVERWEIGHT

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The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between lipid metabolism parameters, the condition of the vascular wall of the common carotid artery, and personal anxiety in young overweight patients with arterial hypertension. 76 patients (mean age 41.5±3.1 years) with grade 1–2 arterial hypertension who did not receive systematic drug therapy were examined, of which 45 had a normal body mass index (group 1) and 31 were overweight (group 2). All patients who did not receive systematic drug therapy showed a decrease in the level of psychological health, which was determined by high and moderate levels of reactive and personal anxiety. It was found that in patients with excess body weight, high levels of reactive and personal anxiety were determined in 58 % and moderate levels in 42 %. At the same time, in patients with normal body weight, an increase in the levels of reactive and personal anxiety to moderate was noted only in 33.3 %. Dyslipidemia was detected in 20 % of patients in group 1 and 51.6 % of group 2. Probable differences in lipid metabolism indicators were identified in patients with grade 1–2 arterial hypertension and increased body weight: an increase in total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and a decrease in high–density lipoprotein cholesterol.It was demonstrated that in patients aged 25–44 years with arterial hypertension of 1–2 degrees, there was an increase in the content of C-reactive protein in the blood serum, but significant differences were found in patients with increased body weight. Also, in young people with arterial hypertension of 1–2 degrees, criteria for carotid artery remodeling were determined, according to the assessment of the thickness of the intima-media complex, which were significantly more pronounced in overweight individuals compared to the control group.

Keywords:

arterial hypertension in young people psychoemotional disorders excess body weight lipid metabolism C-reactive protein intima-media complex

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Publication:

«World of Medicine and Biology» Vol. 22 No. 96 (2026) , с. 30-34
УДК 616.12-008.331.1-056.257-053.6-078:159.9

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26724/2079-8334-2026-2-96-30-34