Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research
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Abstract

Correlation between Body Mass Index, Waist Hip Ratio and Body Fat Percentage With Blood Pressure in Sedentary Females

Dr. Jayalakshmi. M.K

Introduction:- Sedentary lifestyle is a major cause of disease, morbidity and death.

Regular physical activity reduces the blood pressure in those with high blood pressure levels. Physical activity also reduces the body fat, which is associated with high blood pressure.

The resting rate of sympathetic nerve discharge to skeletal muscle is directly correlated with Body Mass Index (BMI) and Percent of Body Fat (BF%). Abdominal fat than gluteal distribution of fat increases susceptibility to health hazards including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes   mellitus. Therefore distribution fat should be analyzed  independent of overall obesity by obtaining Waist Hip Ratio

Material and methods:-100 sedentary  and 100 non-sedentary healthy subjects  were  selected  from  the general  population randomly. Subjects with BMI ≥30 (kg/m²) in the age group 25-55 years were classified as obese. BMI 18.50-24.99 (kg/m²) in  the age group of  25-55 years were included as non-obese subjects. The study was undertaken to analyze the differences in parameters such as Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist-Hip-Ratio (WHR) and Body Fat Percentage (BF%) in healthy sedentary and non-sedentary subjects in the  age  group  of  25 - 55 years and their correlation with blood pressure was done

 

Results:-There was increased in BMI, WHR and BF% in sedentary subjects compared to non-sedentary subjects and there was positive correlation of these parameters with blood pressure

     Conclusion:- Sedentary lifestyle was associated with increase in Body Mass Index, Waist Hip Ratio, Blood pressure and Body fat percentage and fat mass.  There was a positive

   correlation of BMI, WHR, BF%, FM with Blood Pressure

Published Date: 2020-06-19; Received Date: 2020-04-29