DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i03.006

Pages: 884-888

The increase in Body Mass Index and body Fat% in adolescent’s results in increase in Blood Pressure which may contributes to cardiovascular complication. The aim of present study was to determine the association between general obesity i.e. BMI & BF% with Blood Pressure in obese and non obese.70 female subjects aged between 14 to 17 years were enrolled for present study after they had signed written consent. The anthropometric data i.e. Height (ht), Weight (Wt) to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI) and Body Fat % (BF%) of subjects was taken followed by measurements of blood pressure. All the subjects were divided into two groups according to BMI and Body Fat % (BF%). The observed valued obtained was then analyzed by students- t test and the data for blood pressure in both groups i.e. on basis of BMI and BF% was then compared by pearson’s coefficient correlation. There was a significant increase in SBP and DBP in both groups’ obese subjects.