Objective To study the relations among phlegm turbidity

blood stasis syndromes

Interleukin-6 （IL-6） and highly sensitive C-reactive protein （hs-CRP） in simple hypertension patients and those complicated with abnormal blood fat and/or diabetes.Methods Totally 319 cases of hypertension collected were divided into the group with simple hypertension （simple group

98 cases） and the group with hypertension complicated with abnormal blood fat and/or diabetes （complicated group

221 cases）. The patients were classified according to the 4 different syndromes

i.e.

phlegm turbidity

blood stasis

phlegm turbidity plus blood stasis

and not phlegm turbidity not blood stasis. ELISA was used to measure serum IL-6 content

and latex enhancement immune turbidimetry was applied to determine hs-CRP content.Results The contents of IL-6 and hs-CRP of the two groups were not significantly different. The content of hs-CRP of both groups in the 4 syndromes was not significantly different. In the simple group

the content of IL-6 in the 4 syndromes was not significantly different either. In the complicated group

the content of IL-6 in the syndrome of phlegm turbidity plus blood stasis was significantly higher than in other syndromes （P<0.05 or P<0.01）

while the content of IL-6 in other syndromes was not significantly different.Conclusion The hypertension complicated with abnormal blood fat and/or diabetes is always manifested as the syndrome of phlegm turbidity and blood stasis

which is probably related with the high level of IL-6.