[Acute intermittent porphyria and arterial hypertension]

A group of 40 female patients with acute intermittent porphyria from 5 to 34 years after attacks of porphyria were examined. In two patients arterial hypertension developed before attack. In 18 cases hypertension was observed in different periods of time after attack. The comparison of these findings with epidemiological data of similar group of the Polish population suggests that arterial hypertension develops earlier and more frequently in female patients with acute intermittent porphyria. Periodic control of blood pressure in patients with acute intermittent porphyria is proposed.