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ANALYSIS OF ROLE OF OREXIGENIC IN OBESITY AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN PAKISTAN

Dr Talha Shahid Amin, Dr Raja Qasim Abbas, Dr Tehmina Aziz Qureshi

Objectives of the study: The main objective of the study is to analyze the role of Ghrelin in obesity among hypertensive patients in Pakistan. Methodology of the study: This cross sectional study was conducted in Akhtar Saeed Trust Hospital, Lahore during August 2019 to November 2019. This study was done with the permission of ethical committee of hospital. This was basically a cross sectional study. For this purpose we collected the data of 113 patients of both genders. Results: Total 113 obese patients were selected for this study, of which 57 hypertensive and 57 were normotensive. Minimum age was age was 10 years and maximum age was 25 years with mean age 39.35 ± 10.086 years. Mean age of hypertensive obese was 43.42 ± 10.466 years and mean age of normotensive was 35.28 ± 7.876 years. Conclusion: It is concluded that Ghrelin was positively associated with hypertension in obese patients and this association was inversely influenced by the increase of BMI

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