What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate the correlation between body mass index and blood pressure levels among male and female hypertensive patients aged 18 years and older.

October 15, 2020CureusOpen Access

Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Levels Among Hypertensive Patients: A Gender-Based Comparison

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Why the study?

Elevated blood pressure rises with high BMI, predisposing individuals to heart diseases, motivating an evaluation of the correlation between BMI and BP across male and female hypertensive patients.

Population

337 hypertensive patients aged 18 or above taking anti-hypertensive medication

Comparison

BMI correlation with blood pressure levels compared between males and females

Design

Cross-sectional study

Authors

FKFaran KhalidMcMaster University ASAbubakkar SiddiqueRawalpindi Medical University JSJamil Ahmed SiddiquiJinnah Postgraduate Medical Center

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Implication

Negative BMI-BP link in male hypertensives needs confirmation; leaves open causal direction and relevance by gender.

Key Points

To evaluate the correlation between body mass index and blood pressure levels among male and female hypertensive patients aged 18 years and older.
A cross-sectional study evaluated 337 adult patients (176 men and 161 women; mean age 45.87±13.38 years) with a self-reported history of hypertension and antihypertensive medication over six months using convenience sampling.
Hypertension-associated symptoms were documented via questionnaire, body mass index was assessed, and associations were analyzed using Spearman correlation.
The overall cohort had a mean body mass index of 26.83±5.83 kg/m², a mean systolic blood pressure of 141.78±13.00 mm Hg, and a mean diastolic blood pressure of 85.21±10.03 mm Hg.
In males, body mass index exhibited a statistically significant weak negative correlation with systolic blood pressure (ρ = -0.212, p = 0.011) and diastolic blood pressure (ρ = -0.208, p = 0.013).
In females, the correlation between body mass index and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure was not statistically significant.

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Population

337 patients aged 18 or above with a self-reported history of hypertension and anti-hypertensive medication, mean age 45.87±13.38 years, 52.2% male.

Outcome

Correlation between body mass index (BMI) and systolic/diastolic blood pressure levelssurrogate

In hypertensive patients, BMI has a weak negative correlation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure in males, but no significant correlation in females.

Cite This Study

Khalid et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a913dc4ca59a4cbdea1571f https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10974

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