OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to describe the parameters of Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) in patients diagnosed with Arterial Hypertension in Colombian health system in 2016.

METHODS: Based on secondary analysis of the database of the high cost account which is an organization created by the Ministry of Health and the ministry of finance of the country, we describe people with confirmed diagnosis of arterial hypertension, reported by the insurers of the national terrirory during 2016, results were obtained from the 32 departments and the totality of the country insurers. This database has 1,151,247 records that have a diagnosis of hypertension, The analysis was descriptive through measures of central tendency and dispersion depending on the nature of each variable.

RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the prevalence of high LDL-C for individuals diagnosed with hypertension was estimated at 11.2% in the Colombian population and is low compared to other countries, it was established that as the literature says, in the country the increase in age also increases the levels of LDL-C.