Key result
Higher Body Mass Index was significantly associated with elevated blood pressure levels (r = 0.341, p<0.01) among patients attending an obesity clinic.
Why the study?
Is there an association between Body Mass Index, age, gender, and the incidence of hypertension?
Cross-Sectional (n=168)
No
Is there an association between Body Mass Index, age, gender, and the incidence of hypertension?
Effect estimate: r = 0.341
p-value: p=<0.01
The study reinforces the established association between higher Body Mass Index and increased risk of hypertension, highlighting a specific vulnerability among young females with elevated BMI.
May inform BP assessment in obesity clinics; confirms BMI-BP link but leaves open causality.
This study was conducted in Obesity Research Clinic, Kasthuripuram, Tiruchirappalli 17. Healthy obese and non-obese male subjects with Body Mass Index (BMI) 18.5 -24.9 kg/m 2 and 85 healthy obese and non-obese female with Body Mass Index of 25 -29.9 kg/m 2 , age group between 9 -67 years were selected. Parameters such as BMI, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were assessed. BMI was determined from the parameters such as weight and height; the subjects were classified as normal, overweight and obese. Hypertension was determined from the measure of blood pressure. The results show a consistence relation between BMI and hypertension within age groups in both male and female. The tables exhibited a relation of age with BMI and hypertension in both males and females subjects. The results showed a higher trend of hypertension with increasing BMI. In young females it was noticed that due to increased BMI the incidence of hypertension was very high.
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Natarajan et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Obesity (n=168). Body Mass Index vs. Normal BMI was evaluated on Association between BMI levels and Blood Pressure (r = 0.341, p=<0.01). Higher Body Mass Index was significantly associated with elevated blood pressure levels (r = 0.341, p<0.01) among patients attending an obesity clinic.
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