Research Article

Evaluation of Prothrombin Time and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time in Hypertensive Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Calabar, Nigeria

Table 1

Mean systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, prothrombin time test (PTT), and partial thromboplastin time test kaolin (PTTK) of hypertensive patients (test) and normotensive subjects (control) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.

ParametersHypertensive patients ()Normotensive subjects () value

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

PTT (seconds)

PTTK (seconds)

Student’s -test analysis.
is significant.
is not significant.
= number of hypertensive patients.
= number of normotensive subjects.