Background and Objectives: A sedentary lifestyle is a leading cause of disease, disability, and mortality. Sedentary behaviour has been linked to an increased risk of hypertension and pre-hypertension in numerous studies. In comparison to heavy labourers, light workers had five times the rate of coronary heart disease. Premature coronary heart disease is caused by a combination of poor diet and lack of physical activity. Inactivity not only shortens life expectancy by predisposing to age-related disorders, but it also has an effect on the ageing process through oxidative stress. The current study was aimed to assess the influence of sedentary lifestyle and age on blood pressure because sedentary lifestyle is a key risk factor for hypertension development.
100 healthy sedentary and non-sedentary female volunteers aged 25-55 years were randomly selected from Gadag's general population. For analysis, subjects were separated into three age groups based on their age. Blood pressure was recorded in the supine position in the right upper limb using an auscultatory approach with a mercury sphygmomanometer after 30 minutes of physical and mental relaxation. At 15-minute intervals, three readings were obtained, and the average of the three values was calculated and compared across three groups.
When compared to non-sedentary subjects, sedentary subjects in all three groups experienced a statistically significant increase in systolic blood pressure. The diastolic blood pressure of sedentary patients was found to be higher in all three groups, with statistically significant increases in groups two and three.
Author(s) Details:
Jayalakshmi M. K,
Department of Physiology, Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadag,
Karnataka, India.
D. M. Chandrashekhar,
Department of Physiology, Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadag,
Karnataka, India.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/NVBS-V10/article/view/5985
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