Abstract
Background: Hypertension is considered as a major contributor of premature death worldwide. Obesity has become a global epidemic and it is considered as a modifiable risk factor for hypertension
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and to evaluate relationship between BMI and Blood Pressure in medical and paramedical students of Government Medical College, Kozhikode
Materials and Methods: 200 subjects in the age group of 18-25 yrs from medical and paramedical students of Government Medical College, Kozhikode were enrolled in the study. The study duration was 6 months. Students were divided into 3 groups- underweight, normal weight and overweight after calculating their Body mass index. The systolic blood pressure and diastolic pressure were recorded .Then Mean Blood pressure was calculated. Correlation analysis was done to study the effect of Body mass index on blood pressure.
Results: The mean values of systolic BP, diastolic BP and mean BP were found to be significantly increased in the overweight group, moderate in normal weight group and decreased in underweight group.
Conclusion: Obesity is an important risk factor for hypertension. Young people should practice healthy lifestyles so as to prevent obesity and hypertension in future
Keywords: hypertension, body mass index, obesity, cardiovascular disease.
References
- Kim E Barrett, Susan M Barman, Scott Boitano, Heddwen L Brooks. Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology. 25th edition:2016. p578. Mc Graw
- WHO report on Hypertension 2013.
- Kearney PM, Whelton M, Reynolds K, Muntner P, Whelton PK, He J. Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data. Lancet 2005;365:217–23.
- V Mohan, M Deepa, S Farooq, M Datta, R Deepa. Prevalence, Awareness and Control of Hypertension in Chennai - The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES – 52). JAPI May 2007 vol. 55
- Sundquist J, Johansson SE. The influence of socioeconomic status, ethnicity and lifestyle on body mass index in a longitudinal study. Int J Epidemiol 1998; 27:57-63
- John E Hall. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology.13th edition:2015. p894. Elsevier
- Qing He, Zong Yi Ding, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong, Johan Karlberg. Blood Pressure Is Associated With Body Mass Index in Both Normal and Obese Children. Hypertension 2000;36:165-170
- Anil Kumar T, Sudhir U, Gita Srinivasan, Punith K. Association of Body Mass Index with Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine 2008; 9(4): 274-6
- Hoffmans MD, Kromhout D, de Lezenne Coulander C.The impact of body mass index of 78 612 18-year-old Dutch men on 32-year mortality from all causes. J Clin Epidemiol 1988; 41: 749–756.
- Stevens J, Cai J, Pamuk ER, Williamson DF, Thun MJ, Wood JL et al. The effect of age on the association between body-mass index and mortality. N Engl J Med 1998; 338: 1–7.
- Ni Mhurchu C, Rodgers A, Pan WH, Gu DF, Woodward M. Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Body mass index and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific Region: an overview of 33 cohorts involving 310 000 participants. Int J Epidemiol 2004; 33: 751–758.
- Bei-Fan Z. Predictive values of body mass index and waist circumference for risk factors of certain related diseases in Chinese adults: study on optimal cut-off points of body mass index and waist circumference in Chinese adults. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2002; 8(Suppl): S685–S693.
- Kaufman JS, Asuzu MC, Mufunda J, Forrester T, Wilks R, Luke A, Long AE and Cooper RD: Relationship between blood pressure and body mass index in lean populations. Hypertension 1997, 30:1511-6.
- Parsons TJ, Power C, Logan S, Summerbell CD. Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord.1999 Nov;23 Suppl 8:S1-107.
- Chopra M, Galbraith S, Darnton-Hill I. A global response to a global problem: the epidemic of over nutrition. Bull World Health Organ 2002; 80: 952-958.
- Ramesh K Goyal, Vitthaldas N Shah, Banshi D Saboo, Sanjiv R Phatak, Navneet N Shah, Mukesh C Gohel, Prashad B Raval, Snehal S Patel. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Indian Adolescent School Going Children : Its Relationship with Socioeconomic Status and Associated Lifestyle Factors. JAPI March 2010 Vol. 58
- Lohith Rao Jadav, K. S. Tejaswini, Revathi Devi M. L. ”A Relationship between BMI and Blood Pressure among First Year MBBS Students of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute”. Journal of Evidence based Medicine and Healthcare; Volume 2, Issue 10, March 09, 2015; Page: 1478-1484.
Corresponding Author
Dr Ahammed Naseem VH
Asst Professor in Physiology, Government Medical College,
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i11.177
