Metabolic Syndrome in Hypertensive Patients: Correlation Between Anthropometric Data and Laboratory Findings
Response to Bulhões and Araújo
- Ticiana C. Rodrigues, MD,
- Caroline K. Kramer, MD,
- Thais Steemburgo, RD,
- Valesca Dall'Alba, RD and
- Mirela J. Azevedo, MD
- From the 1Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Address correspondence to Mirela Jobim de Azevedo, MD, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350-Prédio 12-4° andar, 90035-003, Porto Alegre, Brazil. E-mail: mirelaazevedo{at}terra.com.br
Recently, Bulhões and Araújo (1) reported a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in 102 Brazilian hypertensive patients, especially when using International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria for the metabolic syndrome (2). We have some methodological criticisms regarding their study: blood pressure levels were not described; criteria adopted for diagnosis of hypertension were not those recommended by the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (3); and data …
