The graph and the table above and below is where I only tested women and men whose blood pressure WAS compromised by one or more of the following: alcohol consumption, obesity, lack of exercise, a history of hypertension, or a salty diet!
The graph and the table above and below is where I only tested women and men whose blood pressure WAS NOT compromised by one or more of the following: alcohol consumption, obesity, lack of exercise, a history of hypertension, or a salty diet!
*Blood pressure questions and answers for the this lab*
1) State a problem about the relationship of age and gender to blood pressure.
The problem with the relationship between that of age and gender in relation to blood pressure is that it often rises as a person ages. But it is not unheard of to have a healthy 50 year old man or female with a good blood pressure reading. It is based on weight, exercise, salt and alcohol intake, and medical history.
2)Use your knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system to make a hypothesis about how the average blood pressure for a group of people would be affected by manipulating the age and gender of the group members.
I think that if you put all the people that had a history of hypertension, dietary intake had high amounts of salt, and lower exercise driven people together that the overall blood pressure for each individualized group would lower especially among women between the ages of 34 to 44. I think that by doing this there would be more of an averaged out reading of people’s blood pressure with the men and the women. If you look at the charts the women and men started out at the same level of systolic and diastolic pressures.
3) How will you use the investigation screen to test your hypothesis?
The investigation screen could be used by taking out the people in the test that have the higher levels of blood pressure due to blood pressure concerns for their genetic history and daily activities or lack there of and then take the remaining people record their results and average them together to find out if it changed the results any. Good blood pressure versus bad according to what is thought to increase blood pressure.
What steps will you follow?
Take the previously recorded results and take out a number of people from each test that would be considered high risk blood pressure testers. By looking at their exercise levels, salt intake, obesity, alcohol consumption and a history of hypertension levels and then go from there. Also I will take the “good leftovers” and record them as well so that it is possible to compare the results.
What data will you record?
Both results by a graph and a table that I recorded. Both the people who were taken out of the study as well as the people left in the study. Basically high risk verses low risk blood pressure people involved. As you can see from the charts and graphs that are included in research for the blood pressure labs. Good graph and Good table are those where only people were calculated that DID NOT have a history of hypertension, alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, salty diets, and obesity.
4) Analyze the result of your experiment. Explain any patterns you observed.
It appeared that the male and female readings tended to be about the same in the beginning. But as the men aged there blood pressure steadily rose and continued doing so. But the women had a same if not normal reading and then jumped up fast between the ages of 35-44. After the high peak the women’s blood pressure reading went on a decline. In my original charting and experiment.
But as you can see in other experiment by taking out high risk men & high risk women and then averaging the others the results seemed to still increase but not at the same alarming rate. Especially between the ages of 35-44 in women. But what I found interesting is that between the ages of 18-34 there were no women that were at “risk.” Meaning the women tested were not lacking in exercise, or participating in alcohol consumption, obese, high salty diets, or had a history of hypertension. I think this experiment could have been more accurate had the same people been used in each age bracket. Consistently testing the same people and recording results as they aged.
5) Did the result of your experiment support your hypothesis? Why or why not? Based on your experiment what conclusion can you draw about the relationship of age and gender to group blood pressure averages?
The results supported my hypothesis because I thought the high blood pressure for women between the ages of 35 to 44 would be significantly lower and it was. Age and gender play and important role in the high or low aspects of blood pressure. But what also plays an important role in blood pressure is the family’s genealogy taking into account the blood pressure aspects and the salt intake. Like in the show, “School House Rocks,” you are what you eat!
6) During the course of your experiment, did you obtain any blood pressure reading that were outside of the normal range for the group being tested? What did you notice on the medical charts for these individuals that might explain their high reading?
Within the female ages ranging from 18-24 there was a woman whose blood pressure reading was 141 over 91. She immediately stood out from the others because she was young and 32 points higher then her friends in the group. I looked at her chart and she was only 3 lbs over her optimal weight which was not a big deal because 3lbs is nothing but when coupled with her history of hypertension and salt intake these were the breaking factors as to why her blood pressure was on the rise.
7) List risk factors associated with the hypertension. Based on your observation, which risk factor do you think is most closely associated with hypertension?
I think that the history of hypertension had a lot to do with either genders blood pressure readings.
Being higher then necessary.
8) What effect might obesity have on blood pressure? Does obesity alone cause a person to be at risk for high blood pressure? What other factors, in combination with obesity, might increase a person's risk for high blood pressure?
Obesity is not a helpful factor if you are looking at trying to get your blood pressure lower but it alone is not the only reason for high blood pressure. Obesity coupled with a salty intake, lower exercise regiment or even a history of high blood pressure could all be contributing factors when trying to figure out why your blood pressure is not where you want it to be.
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