Department of Physiology, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
Hypertension leads to functional disturbances in many systems of the body. There is a possibility that hypertension can alter haematological parameters of the body. This study is done to check the relationship between hypertension and hemoglobin concentration in the body. Objective of this study is to compare blood hemoglobin concentration in hypertensive and normotensive subjects, separately for male and female. To undertake this study, 24 cases of hypertension were taken, which included 13 female and 11 male hypertensives. Controls with matching age and gender and of same numbers of subjects (24) as hypertensive group were taken. Hb concentration of male hypertensive and male normotensive as well as female hypertensive and female normotensive were compared and analysed statistically. The mean hemoglobin of male hypertensive and normotensive group were 13.29±1.1 and 14.45±1.39 respectively The mean Hb of female hypertensive and normotensive group were 11.35±1.23 and 12.1±1.16 respectively.
Male hypertensives have significantly lower hemoglobin concentration as compared to male normotensives, whereas, there is not significant difference in hemoglobin concentration between female hypertensives and female normotensives. This study concludes that hypertensive males tend to have significantly lower hemoglobin concentration as compared to normotensive males, but this can not be said in the case of females.
