TY  - JOUR
T1  - LIpids and hypertension
AU  - Feeman WE, Jr
Y1  - 1989/05/26
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1989.03420200044022
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2954
EP  - 2954
VL  - 261
IS  - 20
N2  - To the Editor. — 
    The article by Williams et al1 entitled "Familial Dyslipidemic Hypertension" merits comment. In my experience, the lipid-blood pressure connection is pervasive within the hypertensive population. The clinical experience on which this letter is based is the Bowling Green Study (BGS), which is my own 14-year ongoing study of the primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic disease. The BGS involves 7399 patients, representing my private practice of family medicine in Bowling Green, Ohio.This substudy represents all patients since 1974 who were found to have hypertension (sitting blood pressure, 140/90 mm Hg). In my practice, blood pressure is measured on every office visit. A lipid evaluation is performed as part of the hypertensive workup. In this substudy, a patient must have hypertension and no other dominant reason for having lipid levels tested. Seventy-seven men and 82 women met this criterion. (Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-cholesterol] and high-density
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420200044022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03420200044022
ER  -