Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
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Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Assessment Fasting Blood Glucose, Serum Electrolyte, RFT and Lipid Profile among Hypertensive Patients at Wolaita Sodo University Hospital, SNNPR, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Berhanu Haile*, Mistire Wolde and Tatek Gebregziabiher
  
  Background: Hypertension increases the risk of morbidity and mortality and has negative consequences on the cognitive and physical fitness of productivity in adults. Our aim was to assess fasting blood glucose, serum electrolyte, albumin, creatinine, urea, and lipid profile among hypertensive patients at wolaita sodo university hospital. Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2019 to February 2020.The Data were analyzed by using Epi data version 3.1 and SPSS version 21.0 software (IBM Corporation, USA). P-value<0.05 was considered to be significant at 95% confidence level. Results: Out of 78 cases and 78 controls matched age and gender were involved. The mean age of hypertensive and control study groups were 50 ± 10.0 and 51 ± 11.3 years respectively. Th.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/JCCLM.23.6.261

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