ESTIMATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS, CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN YOUNG MEN WITH DIFFERENT VARIANTS OF INTRACELLULAR INFECTION

Inflammatory markers and titres of specific antivirus, antibacterial antibodies by the immune enzyme analyses and their relationship with blood pressure levels were studied in 50 men of 16–45 years old with normal, high normal blood pressure and hypertension of the 1st grade. Chronic infections presence by Chlamydia pneumoniae, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex virus and Epstain — Barr virus were revealed in normo- and hypertensive patients that associated with increasing inflammatory markers and with more prevalence of mixed infections in hypertensive men.