[Changes of the immunologic indices in patients with hypertension combined with obesity]

A study of the immunological indices in patients with association of hypertensive disease and obesity revealed absolute and relative lymphocytosis, increased numbers of B-lymphocytes, immunoglobulins A, G, while the content of O-lymphocytes and immunoglobulins M did not change essentially. Due to lymphocytosis, absence of immunodeficiency, obese patients should keep hypocaloric diet for short time as one of the main methods of obesity treatment.