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Blood Selenium level in Basrah Hypertensive Patients | ||
| basrah journal of science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-29 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Niran J. Al-Salihi; Yossra A.Al-Abood; Nadhum A.N. Awad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Blood selenium levels of (n=39) hypertensive patients were determined by hydride generation flame atomic absorption spectrometry . The results compared to levels of healthy people in Basrah city (n=59) . Mean value for 22 hypertensive female (63.82 ± 4.50 ng/ml ) and ( 64.08 ± 5.82 ng/ml ) for 17 hypertensive male were found . The mean value for healthy woman found to be (82.30 ± 2.87 ng / ml ) ( n=28 ) and for healthy men (94.71 ± 4.86 ng/ml ) (n=31 ) . Significantly lower value were observed in the patient group ( p=0.0004 ) for men and ( p=0.0018) for women . The result show no significant variation in the selenium levels due to sex in patient ( p=0.97 ) but there is an significant differences due to sex in healthy people ( p=0.033 ) Blood selenium levels of healthy people were similar to those found for other countries ( Bratakos et al. 1990 ) . | ||
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