Arterial blood pressure in adult Nigerians with sickle cell anemia
- Oguanobi, N.I.
- Onwubere, B.J.C.
- Ibegbulam, O.G.
- Ike, S.O.
- Anisiuba, B.C.
- Ejim, E.C.
- Agwu, O.
DOIAbstract
SummaryAim and objectiveThis study was aimed at comparing the arterial blood pressures in steady state adult sickle cell patients with those of age- and sex-matched healthy controls.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study of 62 sickle cell anemia patients and 62 age- and sex-matched healthy controls was carried out in the adult outpatient sickle cell clinics and the cardiac center of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria. Brachial blood pressures were measured in the right arm in all subjects.ResultsSignificant increase in pulse rate was found in the study subjects (87.68±8.91bpm) compared with the controls (72.13±6.79bpm) (p<0.05). The mean systolic blood pressure was comparable in the two groups. However, t...
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