STUDY OF ASSOCIATION OF SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS ON CARDIOVASCULAR  AUTONOMIC FUNCTION

DR ARPANA HAZARIKA; DR KAHUA DAS

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2016

STUDY OF ASSOCIATION OF SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS ON CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC FUNCTION

Dr Arpana Hazarika, Dr Kahua Das

Abstract :

The present study was carried out among 200 subjects of fourth grade staff and gazetted staff of Gauhati Medical College in the age group 25 to 65 years.All the 200 cases were divided into three groups upper middle class,middle class,lower class accordingto Kuppuswamy scale.After taking consent ,the following test were perfomed,for parasympathetic function( 1).Deep eadth test(2).valsalva test and for sympathetic function(1)standing test for orthostatic hypotension(2).Hand grip test.The results were analysed by using student “t” test The influence of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular autonomic function was established.There was a significant increase in hand grip test in lower socioeconomic status compared to upper middle class pvalue<.05 There was a significant decrease in valsalva ratio in lower socioeconomic status people compared to upper middle class with p value<.05 Impaired cardiovascular autonomic function was stongly associated with lower socioeconomic status and accounted for a major portion of the correlation between socioeconomic status and mortality