Body measures according to physical activity, as predictors for elevated blood pressure among male college students, Minia, Upper Egypt | ||
| Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||
| Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 340-351 PDF (479.59 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2022.221096 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sayed F. El-Sheihk Ali | ||
| Department of Anatomy, El-Minia Faculty of Medicine | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Adolescents have high and increasing rates of excess body weight and hypertension. Social stress and lack of physical activity are involved as risk factors for many cardiovascular diseases as hypertension. The aim of the study is to evaluate the differences of body measures between physical education and medical male students after 6 months of study in Minia University, Upper Egypt, and to know the most predicting measures associated with blood pressure elevation in both groups. A cross sectional study was performed with a sample of 850 male students (50% medical students and 50% physical education students), ranging between 18 and 19 years old. Anthropometric data was collected, including weight, stature, midarm, midchest, waist, and hip circumferences, also skinfold thickness of subscapular, abdominal and suprailiac regions. Body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-stature ratio (WSR) were calculated. All anthropometric measurements indicating that overweight were higher in medical than physical education students, including BMI (24.5±5.2 kg/m2 to 23.2±4.2 kg/m2), with significant level (p<0.05). Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure were higher in medical students (SBP= 121.9±14 mmHg, DBP= 79.9±8.8 mmHg), than physical education students (SBP= 117.7±8.5mmHg, DBP= 75.4±6.3mmHg). Midarm circumference, midchest circumference, lean mass (LM) and fat mass (FM) in medical students, while the hip circumference and subscapular skinfold in physical education students were the most valuable predictors for elevated blood pressure. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| blood pressure; Anthropometric measurements; physical activity; students | ||
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