Some Full Blood Count Parameters among Hypertensive Patients Attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

Autor:	Tosan Erhabor, Osaro Erhabor, Abdullahi Shehu, Ikechukwu Polycarp Iwueke, Teddy C Adias
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Attending clinic medicine.medical_specialty Ethylene diamine tetra acetic Monocyte count business.industry Internal medicine Cell volume Blood count Medicine business
Zdroj:	Open Journal of Blood Diseases. :77-91
ISSN:	2164-3199 2164-3180
DOI:	10.4236/ojbd.2019.94008
Popis:	Hypertension (HTN) is a major health problem worldwide. It can lead to cardiovascular disease and functional disturbances including haematological parameters. Full blood count (FBC) parameters of a total of 60 consecutively-recruited hypertensive subjects and 30 age-matched non-hypertensive controls were studied between June and September, 2018. Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid (EDTA) anticoagulated blood and serum from subjects and control participants were analyzed for FBC. The total white cell count (WBC), packed cell volume (PCV) haemoglobin (Hb), neutrophils and eosinophils were significantly lower among hypertensive subjects compared to non-hypertensive controls (p 40-year-old compared to those
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