DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i06.0059

Pages: 914-919

The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of Age, Gender and Body Mass Index on different cardiovascular parameters like Systolic Blood pressure, Diastolic Blood pressure and Cardiac Output in Male and Female individuals between the ages of 20-50 years. Developing countries are increasingly faced with the burden of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, along with infection and malnutrition. This study was performed on healthy male and female sedentary subjects from middle class with no family and personal history of cardiovascular diseases in the age group of 20-50 years. Male and Female individuals were segregated into three groups based on age as: Group A: 20-30 years; Group B: 30-40 years; Group C: 40-50 years. The results of our study showed a significant increase in BMI, SBP, DBP & CO as the age advances in both Male and Female individuals. Sedentary Males showed a statistically significant increase in SBP, DBP when compared with sedentary females of the same age. BMI showed a significant increase in sedentary males when compared with sedentary females only in Group A. When CO was compared between male and female individuals, a statistically significant increase in CO is seen Sedentary Males in Group C only but not in Group A & group B. Age and BMI have shown a significant impact on SBP, DBP & CO in both the sexes.