PMID: 29485644Feb 28, 2018Paper

Serum Troponin I levels among hypertensive Military Service Personnel at a Military Health Facility in Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences : Official Publication of the Physiological Society of Nigeria
Goodluck O N A Nwagbara, Abiodun Mathias Emokpae

Abstract

Hypertension constitutes one of the major metabolic disease in Nigeria especially among military personnel and their families. Myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases may occur in this group of patient due to uncontrolled or poorly controlled hypertension. The objective of this study was to determine serum cardiac Troponin I (cTnI), levels in hypertensive Nigerian Military service personnel attending clinic in a military Health facility.  We measured the serum levels of cTnI in 126 hypertensive subjects [76 males (19-73 years) and 50 females (26-77years)] and 82 normotensive controls [41 males (19-60years) and 41 females (18-53years)] using Latex Enhanced Immunoturbidimetry technique. The data were compared between test and control group using Students't-test. Serum cTnI was detected in the sample of 95(75.4%) subjects and was not detected in 31 (24.6%) subjects. Nine subjects (2.38%) had cTnI levels within the normal range(0.00-0.01ng/mL), 85 (67.5%) subjects had significantly higher (p<0.001) cTnI levels (0.100 ± 0.091 ng/ml; CL: 0.02 - 0.47ng/mL), while one (0.8%) subject had a cTnI value of 1.09 ng/mL. Nine (10.98%) control subjects had detectable cTnI levels (0.01ng/mL) while 73(89.02%) controls had a 0.00 ...Continue Reading

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