A Study of the Relationship Between CMV IgG Titers and Blood Pressure in Iraqi patients | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 57, Issue 1, February 2016, Pages 325-329 | ||
| Author | ||
| Maryam Kamel Mohammed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular diseases in immunocompromised organ transplant patients; it has been linked with the elevated arterial blood pressure. This study aimed to find a relationship between CMV antibody titers and blood pressure elevation by using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure CMV IgG levels in the serum of 60 patients with high blood pressure, in comparison to 30 healthy persons with normal blood pressure as a control. All patients and control were 25-50 years old. The results showed that CMV antibody titers were higher in those who undergo blood pressure elevation. This finding supports the hypothesis that; the common CMV infection may leads to impaired vascular function | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cytomegalovirus; high blood pressure; enzyme; linked immunosorbant assay | ||
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