1Asst. Professor, Dept of General Medicine, ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
2Prof & Head, Dept. of Physiology, Haldia Inst. of Dental Sciences and Research, Banbishnupur, PO- Balughata, Haldia, Dt- Purba Medinipur, West Bengal-721645, India
*Corresponding author: Basak Asim Kumar, Prof & Head, Dept. of Physiology, Haldia Inst. of Dental Sciences and Research, Banbishnupur, PO- Balughata, Haldia, Dt- Purba Medinipur, West Bengal-721645, India Phone: +91-3224-269057, Fax: +91-3224-269058 Email: asim_bsk@rediffmail.com
Online published on 19 June, 2015.
Hypertension is considered as one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors which precipitates the cardiovascular disorder. There are some reports indicating the probable relationship between ABO blood group with coronary artery disease. But such reports demonstrating the relationship between ABO blood group and hypertension are still uncertain. So the objective of the present study is to find out whether there is any relation of blood group in occurrence of hypertension to recommend the appropriate preventive measure for this deadly disease.
The hypertensive patients of both sexes of the age in between 18 to 55 of Haldia and Tamluk subdivision reporting to our associated Dr. B. C. Roy Hospital, Haldia are randomly selected for this study. The Blood group and the Blood pressure was measured and the result was compared with that of the normotensive subjects and also with reference population of this belt. It is observed that there is no significant relationship between blood group antigens and the occurrence of hypertension in the studied population.
Hypertension, Blood group, cardiovascular disease
