Abstract
Obesity and hypertension are both major public health problems of the world. Hypertension remains the most important risk factor identified for the cardiovascular disease of stroke, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease. It has been observed that body mass index (BMI) is one of the most important risk factor for elevation of blood pressure. To study the relationship between blood pressure with overweight, data were collected from 255 female college students and analyzed. The results revealed that BMI is the main determinant of elevation in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The mean systolic (104.26mmHg) and diastolic (70.6mmHg) blood pressure of the underweight female was significantly lower than the normal weight (110.79mmHg and 74.04mmHg respectively). The blood pressure measured of normal weight female (110.79mmHg and 74.04mmHg) was significantly lower than of overweight female (112.05mmHg and 76.77mmHg) respectively while blood pressure of overweight female was not significantly different than obese female.
Misbah Farooq, Abdul Qayyum Nayyer, Shaukat Ali, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir . (2012) Relationship between body mass index and blood pressure in female college students of Paniola, Rawalakot (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) , Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 27, Issue 1.
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