Korelasi Antara Kadar Vitamin C dengan Kadar Methemoglobin Darah Lansia di Kecamatan Pakem Kabupaten Sleman
bstract: Oxidative damage by
free radical can cause
aging process. Erythrocyte as an
oxygen – carrying agent has high
risk of oxidative
injury which can
inducemethemoglobin
production. Vitamin C is
an exogen antioxidant that work
in aqueous phase
like blood and
can react with
free radical before they
initiate the oxidative injury.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to
find out whether there is possibility of correlation between
vitamin C and methemoglobin
level in blood of elderly living
in Pakem District
Method: This was an observational research with
cross sectional design,
in which 32 elderly
from Pakem District were subjects.
The blood sample was
taken from cubital
vein. Determination of
vitamin C and methemoglobin level
used spectrophotometer. Pearson
Correlation was employed to
analyze the data.
Results: The vitamin C and methemoglobin level of the elderly 0,43 + 0,25
mg/dl and 0,035 +
0.02% respectively. The
correlation between vitamin
C and methemoglobin level was
not significant ( p =
0.771).
Conclusion: The vitamin C was
not correlated with the methemoglobin level.
Penulis: Prasetyastuti
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd090173
