[The characteristics of lipid metabolism in children with primary arterial hypertension].

Overall 183 children with arterial hypertension (AH) were examined. Of these, 122 suffered from primary arterial hypertension (PAH). The lipid spectrum was defined in blood plasma of 95 children with PAH and in 30 normals. The same investigation was carried out in 109 parents of the children suffering from PAH. The lipid spectrum was established to be heterogeneous. 77.9% of the patients had dyslipidemia. A significant relationship was established between the stage of PAH and the nature of lipidemia as was a close interrelation between alterations in the lipid spectrum of blood plasma and hereditary load as regards essential hypertension.