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• TITLE: Some Full Blood Count Parameters among Hypertensive Patients Attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

  AUTHORS: Osaro Erhabor, Abdullahi Shehu, Tosan Erhabor, Teddy Charles Adias, Ikechukwu Polycarp Iwueke

  KEYWORDS: Full Blood Count, Hypertension, Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Blood Diseases, Vol.9 No.4, October 23, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Hypertension (HTN) is a major health problem worldwide. It can lead to cardiovascular disease and functional disturbances including haematological parameters. Full blood count (FBC) parameters of a total of 60 consecutively-recruited hypertensive subjects and 30 age-matched non-hypertensive controls were studied between June and September, 2018. Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid (EDTA) anticoagulated blood and serum from subjects and control participants were analyzed for FBC. The total white cell count (WBC), packed cell volume (PCV) haemoglobin (Hb), neutrophils and eosinophils were significantly lower among hypertensive subjects compared to non-hypertensive controls (p 40-year-old compared to those