Why the study?
Does essential hypertension cause an exaggerated postprandial triglyceride response after a fatty meal compared to normotensive individuals?
Population
50 individuals, comprising 25 patients with essential hypertension and 25 normotensives matched for age…
Comparison
Fatty meal vs Normotensive control group receiving the same…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
8 hours
Authors
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Hypertensives may have impaired postprandial lipid clearance; this case-control study leaves open causality and need for prospective trials.
Does essential hypertension cause an exaggerated postprandial triglyceride response after a fatty meal compared to normotensive individuals?
Patients with essential hypertension exhibit an exaggerated and prolonged postprandial triglyceride response to a fatty meal, suggesting impaired lipid clearance.
Kolovou et al. (2003) studied this question.
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