[Blood lipids and lipoproteins in atherosclerotic (systolic) hypertension in the middle-aged and elderly].

It was found that in ageing there is a decrease in the amount of cholesterol in the composition of high-density lipoproteins, alpha-lipoproteins in blood, an increase in the total fraction of low- and very low density lipoproteins, total cholesterol, triacylglycerines and the atherogenicity coefficient, and a growth in the frequency of hyperlipoproteinemia. The described age changes were more marked in the group of elderly females. In atherosclerotic (systolic) hypertension the atherogenic disorders of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism are revealed to a greater extent in old age both in males and females and are mainly characterized by type IV hyperlipoproteinemia.