Comparative Analysis on the Diastolic Blood Pressure of Some Selected Age Groups in Ise-Emure Local Government, Ekiti State

Abstract

This research work aimed to examine the comparative analysis on the diastolic blood pressure of some selected age group in Ise-Emure Local Government, Ekiti State. The data used for this research work covered the age group between 20 years and above with record of Diastolic blood pressure and patients ages of forty (40) people in Ise-Emure Local Government, Ekiti State. The data used for this research work was secondary which was extracted from the surveyed record of laboratory test department of general hospital, Ise-Emure Local Government, Ekiti State. From the graph, the diagram showed that, as the age increases so also the diastolic blood pressure rises at a slowly manner. The result of the analysis carried out using SPSS from the data revealed that the Pearson’s correlation coefficient computed to be 16r=0.470 "> , which implies  that there is steady relationship between Age and Diastolic blood pressure of the patients at general hospital Ise-Emure, Ekiti.. From the analysis we observed that the p-value (0.002) is less than the alpha level (0.05), of which we reject H_o. Under the test for independence, the 16tcalculated">  was computed to be 163.28">  while that of corresponding 16ttabulated">  was observed to be 1.686, of which 16tcalculated>ttabulated"> , by comparison  16H0">  was rejected.

Keywords: Diastolic Blood Pressure, Survey, Hypertension, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Comparison, Association, Hypothesis, Patients.

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/95-11

Publication date: November 30^th 2021