Blood Pressure and Plasma Levels of Blood Glucose among Subjects Screening by Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test in Indigenous Area, Ondo State
| Autor: | Henry Chijindu Okpoli, Adedeji David Atere, Olaiya Abiodun, David Bolaji Akinbo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Rapid diagnostic test
business.industry 05 social sciences malaria Physiology indigenous area 050109 social psychology General Medicine Plasma levels medicine.disease rapid diagnostic test Indigenous Blood pressure 0502 economics and business parasitic diseases Hypertension diabetes mellitus Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business 050203 business & management Malaria |
| Popis: | Plasmodium falciparum malaria is one of the most devastating diseases and causes an estimated one million deaths, mostly children living in sub-Saharan Africa. There is evidence that higher glucose level increases the attractiveness for Anopheles feeding. This study was initiated to ascertain the reliability of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for malaria in managing plasma blood glucose and blood pressure among people living in indigenous areas with resource-limited settings. This is a cross sectional study and it was conducted between February to April, 2017. A total number of 150 subjects aged between 18 – 80 years, who were sub-divided into subjects with diabetic mellitus only (Subjects with DM only), subjects with neither DM nor malaria parasite (NDM or MP), subjects with both DM and MP and subjects with MP only attending the clinic were randomly selected for the study. Blood pressure was taken using a sphygmomanometer. Blood levels of fasting blood glucose were determined using standard spectrophotometric method and RDT based on antigens was carried out on aliquots of whole blood. Data obtained were statistically analyzed appropriately. P |
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