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Experiment on Correlation Between BMI and Blood Pressure

The Effects of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Blood Pressure

Hypothesis: With a higher BMI, a higher blood pressure will be measured.

Using opportunity sampling, I surveyed eleven willing individuals entering Walmart.

Materials:

  • CDC’s BMI Calculator
  • Stethoscope
  • Sphygmomanometer

Based on my results, there is no correlation between BMI on blood pressure.

*BMI 30+ = OBESE.

An obese individual’s heart has to put in E X T R A work in order to pump blood throughout the body. In result, the arteries may resist this strong blood flow and increase blood pressure (Jiang, 2016).

Individual A: 118/56

Individual B: 120/48

Normal Systolic Blood Pressure: 100-140 mmHg.

Normal Diastolic Blood Pressure: 60-90 mmHg.

The participants in the investigation remained within normal range besides two individuals with low diastolic blood pressure.

**Higher salt intake could have impacted the low diastolic blood  pressure (Windsor, 2015).

With a greater number of participants, a correlation may have occurred.

References:

Jiang, Shu-Zhong, et al. “Obesity and Hypertension.” National Library of Medicine, 12 Oct. 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038894/. Accessed 20 Apr. 2022.

Windsor, Matt. Diastolic blood pressure: How low is too low?, The University of Alabama atBirmingham, 17 May 2015, www.uab.edu/news/research/item/10393-diastolic-blood-pressure-how-low-is-too-low. Accessed 21 Apr. 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

Media Description: Poster about the Effects of BMI on Blood Pressure

Instructor: Kabeer Ahammad Sahib

Item Credit: Adysen Koenigsknecht

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