Blood selenium level in Basrah hypertensive patients

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Blood selenium levels of (n = 39) hypertensive patients were determined by hydride generation flame atomic absorption spectrometry.

The results compared to levels of healthy people in Basrah city (n = 59).

Mean value for 22 hypertensive female (63.82 ± 4.50 ng / ml ) and (64.08 ± 5.82 ng / ml) for 17 hypertensivfe male were found.

The mean value for healthy women found to be (82.30 ±2.87 ng / ml) (n = 28) and for healthy men (94.71 ± 4.86 ng / ml) (n = 31).

Significantly lower values were observed in the patient group (p = 0.0004) for men and (p = 0.001 C) for women.

The result show no significant variation in the selenium levels due to sex in patient (p = 0.97) but there is an significant differences due to sex in healthy people (p = 0.033) Blood selenium levels of healthy people were similar to those found for other countries (Bratakos etal.

1990).