[Several lipid indices in hypertension].

Forty four patients with arterial hypertension were examined. Thorough clinical examinations were carried out. Total lipids, total cholesterin and triglycerides in serum were determined at the laboratory. The lipid-acid composition of erythrocytes was studied by gas chromatography of the same patients. A control group of 10 healthy subjects were also examined. Hyperlipemia incidence among the patients amounts to 75 per cent. The ratio saturated (monoene and monoene) diene fatty acids was found to be increased in erythrocyte lipids of hypertonics. The deficiency of polyene fatty acids in erythrocytes was discussed to correlate to their deficiency in plasma. A relationship was established between the deficiency of polyene fatty acids in erythrocytes and the hyperlipemia present.