COMPARISON OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE AMONG ACTIVE AND PASSIVE CIGARETTE SMOKERS

OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of passive and active cigarette smokers on blood pressure and heart rate. METHODS: It was a cross sectional study based in Physiology department of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar. It was conducted from January 2022 to June 2022. Using non probability convenient sampling, MBBS students and college employees were divided into three groups. Each group had a sample size of 50. Group 1 comprised of passive smokers, group 2 consisted of active smokers and group 3 of nonsmokers. Heart rate and blood pressure, including Systolic Blood Pressure, Diastolic Blood Pressure, Mean Arterial Pressure and Pulse Pressure, were measured. Data was analysed using SPSS 26. RESULTS: In Group-1, all smokers were males. In Group-2 (nonsmokers), 42 were males (32.6%) and 8 (34.8%) were females and in Group-3 (passive smokers), 37 were males (28.7%) and 15 were females (65.2%). Using Anova test, the difference in the mean values of systolic blood pressure (SBP) among the three groups was found to be highly significant (0.001), while that of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) non-significant (0.291). The mean values of Heart Rate (HR) among the three groups was also significant (0.049). CONCLUSION:Smoking effects blood pressure and heart rate, as the systolic blood pressure and heart rate of smokers in our study was raised. KEY WORDS: Hypertension, smokers, powerlab,