Association High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein with Systolic Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Middle Aged Coronary Heart Diseased Patients

Abstract

Objective: To find a correlation and relationship of c reactive protein with systolic blood pressure and hypertension in middle aged coronary heart diseased individuals.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Biochemistry, Khybar Medical University, Peshawar from Feb. 2011 to Feb. 2013.

Materials and Methods: This is across sectional study in which two groups of age group 40-60 were taken whose serum C-reactive protein as well as two readings of  their systolic blood pressures were taken. Data was collected and analyzed properly by SPSS version -15.

Results: It was found that C-reactive protein is strongly associated with systolic blood pressure. P value was 0.001 which is found to be highly significant.

Conclusion: It was concluded that serum C-reactive protein is strongly associated with systolic blood pressure and hypertension but whether a causal link exist is uncertain.