Influence of metabolic syndrome components on the level of nitric oxide stable metabolites in patients with essential hypertension

Abstract

Objective. To investigate levels of the stable nitric oxide metabolites (NOx) in relation to different components of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in essential hypertension (EH).Methods. We examined 124 untreated patients with EH and 25 healthy volunteers with comparable age.Results. NOx levels were significantly higher in hypertensives (43.18±21, mol/l) then in controls (28.3±9.6 mol/l); p

Keywords

• nitric oxide
• essential hypertension
• metabolic syndrome