Assessment of Some Cardiovascular Parameters of Apparently Healthy Pregnant Women in Gas Flaring Communities: A Baseline Study in Bayelsa State Nigeria | Chapter 4 | Recent Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 6

 The study looked into the effect of gas flares on several cardiovascular parameters in pregnant women who lived in gas flaring villages in Bayelsa state. Women's reproductive organs have sparked a lot of interest and investigation in the medical community. Two hundred volunteers met the inclusion criteria, taken from the Obuna, Polaku, Immiringi, and Amossoma communities as the study group, out of a total of 600 volunteers examined. The subjects were matched in terms of age, trimesters, and time spent in their respective communities exposed to gas flares. In the first, second, and third trimesters, pregnant women had a prevalence rate of 0.33 percent, 0.66 percent, and 2.33 percent hypertension, respectively, but 2 percent and 10.33 percent prehypertension in the second and third trimesters, with normal blood pressure of 6 percent, 26.66 percent, and 17.33 percent in the first, second, and third trimesters, respectively. Non-pregnant women, on the other hand, had a 14 percent prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension, respectively (4.66 percent ). The study also found a significant increase (p0.05) in systolic, diastolic, mean arterial, and pulse pressures, as well as a decrease in the percentage difference between their exposure to gas flares and their duration of exposure. Further findings from the study show that gas flares had a negative influence on the subjects' blood pressures based on their age. In conclusion, pregnant women living in gas flaring areas in Bayelsa state, Nigeria, will be more likely to develop hypertension and cardiovascular disorders as a result of their continuous exposure to gas flares.

Author(S) Details

Solomon M. Uvoh
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Arthur N. Chuemere
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Azibalua A. Asara
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

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