Shamim Alam, Anjum Humayun, Saatea Arif, Naseem Alam.
Relation of demographic variables with cardiovascular risk factors in different blood groups.
J Med Sci Jan ;19(1):24-7.

Objectives: To know the relation of demographic variables with cardiovascular risk factors in different blood groups. Material and Methods: A community based investigation was carried from urban and rural areas of Peshawar from January 2008 to December 2009. The data collected was subject to correlation regression analysis. A total of 1304 subjects were included in the study. Results: The study revealed a strong positive correlation of age with body weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in both genders of the A and O phenotypes and positive relationship with Triglyceride (TG) in all blood groups. Positive associations of age with SBP & DBP also characterize the male B and female AB phenotypes. Of the lipids/lipoproteins, it was, Triglycerides (TG) that showed a consistent pattern of increasing means as age of all phenotypes advanced from 16 to 75 years. Conclusions: Awareness and necessary precautions are to be adopted by individuals of B and O groups who are more at risk of Cardiovascular disease.

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