Year: 2024 | Month: June | Volume: 14 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 169-173
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240625
Comparison of Heart Rate Variability (LF/HF Ratio) and Mean Arterial Pressure in Obese Tobacco Consumers Via Different Routes for More Than a Decade: A Cross Sectional Study
Bipin Kumar1, Tanuj Mathur2, Perugu Damodar Krishna Chaitanya3
1Senior resident, Department of physiology, JNMCH, AMU
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, JNMCH, AMU
3Junior resident, Department of Physiology, JNMCH, AMU
Corresponding Author: Bipin Kumar
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Chemicals that are present in tobacco have been known to cause impaired cardiovascular health in middle aged or older population due to increase in mean arterial pressure. Long term effects of tobacco consuming via different routes is a major risk factor for autonomic neuropathy. Despite the antiquity and popularity of tobacco consuming, its adverse effect on Heart rate variability (LF/HF ratio) has not been investigated systematically in adults.
Aim: To investigate the chronic effects of tobacco on LF/HF ratio.
Materials and Methods: This case study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. LF/HF ratio of 50 obese smokers compared with 50 obese tobacco chewers of duration more than a decade. The Heart rate variability (LF/HF ratio) was analysed with a PHYSIO-PAC SOFTWARE SYSTEM (Medical systems, Chandigarh,160002,India). Data was analysed by using unpaired t-test.
Results: In this study of comparative analysis of total 100 subjects, (50 smokers and 50 tobacco chewers were taken), statistically significant changes (p-value <0.05) were found in smokers as compared to tobacco chewers.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that changes in LF/HF ratio which cause autonomic neuropathy were more in smokers as compared to tobacco chewers.
Key words: LF/HF ratio, smokers, tobacco chewers, autonomic neuropathy