Oxidative Stress and Other Biochemical Parameters in Hypertension of Elderly males

Drutpal Singh Baghel¹, P C kol² and Bhaskar Reddy³

¹Department of Biochemistry,S. S. Medical College, Rewa, India.

²Department of Pathology,S. S. Medical College, Rewa, India.

³Department of Anatomy, S. S. Medical College, Rewa, India.

Corresponding Author E-mail: drbaghel2011@gmail.com

Abstract: Hypertension is an epidemic in our societies and is the most common causes for cardiovascular diseases in the world. Prevalence of hypertension has increased by about 30 times among urban live in and by about 10 times among the rural in a relaxed and natural ways. Prevalence of hypertension rose with increasing age in every gender race group. The clinical materials for present study comprised 82 patients of male hypertensive patients admitted in G. M. and S. G. M. Hospital, S. S. Medical College, Rewa (M. P.), India. The age range was taken from 35 to 80 years. Oxidative stress can cause hypertension and hypertension can cause oxidative stress. Obtained data were analyzed statistically by using student "t" test. Extremely significantly (< 0.0001) decreased superoxide dismutase was found in male hypertensive patients (age 66 to 80 years).

Keywords: Hypertension; oxidative stress

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