Open AccessEvaluation of Haematological Parameters of Obese Individuals Based on Age Groups at Omisanjana Area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu,
Huba Khamis Rashid,
Chukwuma J. Okafor,
Precious Omotunde
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i12a35546
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , age groups , significant difference , gastroenterology , demography , sociology
Obesity is a chronic disease which has spread all over the world and threatens public global health. Eighty (80) obese individuals based on age groups. The table above show no significant difference in PCV (p=0.241), WBC (p=0.445), LYM (p=0.531), GRAN (p=0.514), MID (p=0.930), LYM (p=0.984), GRAN (p=0.682), MID (p=0.343), RBC (p=0.971), HGB, MCV (p=0.389), MCH (p=0.755), MCHC (p=0.052), RDW_CV (p=0.392), RDW_SD (p=0.177), PLT (p=0.055), MPV (p=0.224), PDW (p=0.432), P_LCR (p=0.096) when compared between obese individuals and non-obese individuals based on age group respectively. Age group has no changes in the haematological parameters of obese individuals among the studied subjects.