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- Title
Correlation between the Level of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) and Blood Pressure of Pregnant Women in Makassar City.
- Authors
Hardianti; Thaha, Abdul Razak; Bahar, Burhanuddin
- Abstract
The aim of this study to analyses the correlation between the Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and blood pressure of pregnant women in Makassar. The study was used cross sectional study which is conducted in community health center (Puskesmas) of Makassar city from August to November 2015. The subjects were primigravida pregnant women ranged from 17 to 35 years old and had no history background on chronic hypertension. The data collections were the sample characteristics, anthropocentric data and blood pressure data. The blood sample was examined at Nechri Laboratory of Hasanuddin University. The data were analyzed used Chi-square by SPSS programmed to analyze the correlation between the level of Von Willebrand Factor(VWF) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The study was indicted that the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the samples was respectively 101.08 mmHg and 70.81 mmHg. The mean level VWF of the samples was 363.41 ng/ml. There was no significant correlation between VWF level and systolic (p=0.09) and diastolic (p=0.643) blood pressure.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 4, p1035
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00845.3