Assessment of Serum Total Cholesterol in Adult Male Hypertensive Bangladeshi People.

Abstract

Hypertension is a most common health problem worldwide and its incidence seems to be increasing on global scale. The objective of the study was to assess the relationship of serum Total Cholesterol with hypertensive patients in order to compare this parameter with normotensive subjects. This analytical type of cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Physiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh from July 2017 to June 2018. A total number of 120 male subjects, age ranged from 30-65 years was included in this study. Among them, sixty (60) hypertensive subjects were taken as study group (Group II) and sixty (60) age matched normotensive male subjects were taken as control group (Group I). Data were expressed as mean±SD and statistical significance of difference among the group was calculated by unpaired students' 't' test. In this study we found that serum total cholesterol was significant in study group (229.62±17.49mg/dl) in comparison with control group (166.32±18.04mg/dl). Therefore, by this study we recommended that routine estimation of these parameters is important for prevention of complication related to hypertension for leading a healthy life.