scholarly journals Estimation of Blood Pressure, Pulse Rate, Waist Circumference, BMI and BMR among PCOS Individuals

Author(s):  
S. Rasveya ◽  
R. Gayatri Devi ◽  
A. Jothi Priya

Introduction: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder which will affect the female’s reproductive health, there are many risk factors found in the PCOS individuals such as irregular menstrual cycle, infertility, obesity, excess hair growth, hyperandrogenemia. The aim of the study is to estimate the blood pressure and pulse rate among PCOS individuals and to compare it with the normal subjects. Materials and Methods: A group of 20 PCOS individuals and 20 normal individuals have been chosen from Saveetha dental college with age of 18-25 years whose blood pressure, pulse rate, waist circumference, BMI, BMR are measured, the blood pressure and pulse rate were measured with a automatic blood pressure monitoring machine and the waist circumference was measured with a inch tape from last rib and the iliac crest at its small parameter. The simple random sampling method is used to minimize the sampling bias. Data was collected and analyzed by an independent sample‘t’ test. Results: When comparing with control healthy individuals, the systolic blood pressure (SBP) of PCOS individuals seem to be higher than the control subjects. The diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is also slightly higher for PCOS individuals. The pulse rate of normal individuals is higher than the PCOS individuals. The diastolic blood pressure had a significant value of about 0.002 which is less than 0.05 so it is significant Conclusion: From this study it is evident that when PCOS is seen in women it not only affects the gynecological sphere it also affects the cardiovascular activity which may even have fatal outcomes. So it is mandatory for the PCOS subjects to have a proper diet, proper sleep, physical activity, and very importantly to have a stress free life.

1996 ◽  
Vol 135 (5) ◽  
pp. 598-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Del Rio ◽  
R Menozzi ◽  
G Zizzo ◽  
A Avogaro ◽  
P Marrama ◽  
...  

Del Rio G, Menozzi R, Zizzo G, Avogaro A, Marrama P, Velardo A. Increased cardiovascular response to caffeine in perimenopausal women before and during estrogen therapy. Eur J Endocrinol 1996; 135:598–603. ISSN 0804–4643 Perimenopause and menopause may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, so we have investigated the cardiovascular and catecholamine response to caffeine in perimenopausal women compared to young cycling premenopausal subjects. Caffeine (250 mg per os) was administered to nine perimenopausal women and nine premenopausal women. The perimenopausal women repeated the test after 4 months of percutaneous estrogen replacement therapy. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, plasma norepinephrine, epinephrine, glucose, insulin and free fatty acids were determined at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min after caffeine administration. No differences were found in the basal values of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, norepinephrine, epinephrine, insulin, glucose and free fatty acids between perimenopausal women, both before and after therapy, and premenopausal women. Caffeine induced a higher increase of systolic (F = 4.9; p < 0.05) and diastolic blood pressure (F = 4.7; p < 0.05) in perimenopausal women before and during estrogen therapy as compared with premenopausal women. Pulse rate increased significantly only in perimenopausal women before therapy (F = 6.5; p < 0.03). These data show that perimenopause either before or during short-term estrogen therapy is associated with enhanced cardiovascular reactivity to caffeine. This phenomenon is not due to increased adrenergic and metabolic responses. Graziano Del Rio, Department of Internal Medicine via del Pozzo, 71 41100 Modena, Italy


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Sumardiyono Sumardiyono ◽  
Eti Poncorini Pamungkasari ◽  
Anton Giri Mahendra ◽  
Oki Saraswati Utomo ◽  
Devita Mahajana ◽  
...  

<p><em>Introduction: Obesity is a state of excessive accumulation of fat in the body, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Obesity can be measured using anthropometric methods measuring waist circumference and hip circumference. This study aims to find the relationship between the size of waist circumference and hip circumference to blood pressure in prolanis participants in the working area of Kedawung I Public Health Center, Sragen Regency.</em></p><p><strong><em>Method:</em></strong><em> This study was an observational analytic study using a cross sectional design. The subjects were prolanis participant patient with a history of hypertension in the Kedawung I Community Health Center in Sragen in July 2017. Sampling was done by simple random sampling. The number of subject were 60 persons.</em></p><p><strong><em>Results:</em></strong><em> There were significant relationship between waist circumference and systolic/ diastolic blood pressure with weak strength (r = 0.304; p = 0.018 and r = 0.337; p = 0.008) and significant relationship between hip circumference with systolic/diastolic blood pressure with weak strength (r = 0.263; p = 0.042 and r = 0.306; p = 0.017).</em></p><p><strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong><em> the increasing size of waist and hip circumference may increase blood pressure in prolanis participants.</em></p><em><br /></em>


1962 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Westfall ◽  
Daniel T. Watts

It has been shown that blood pressure and pulse rate are increased and skin temperature of the extremities is decreased when normal subjects smoke two-thirds of two cigarettes during a period of about 15 min. This standard smoking test has been performed on university students before and after treatment with reserpine (0.25 mg daily) to determine the effect of reserpine on cardiovascular responses to smoking. Blood pressure, pulse rate, finger and toe temperature changes were recorded before and during the smoking test in untreated students and after administration of reserpine for 14 days. The maximum change from control values in ten untreated students and after 14 days of reserpine, respectively, along with P values for differences were as follows: systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) +17, +8, P < .001; diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) +14, +7, P < .001; pulse rate (beats/ min) +27, +13, P < .001; finger temperature (F) -6.4, -4.0, P < .1; toe temperature (F) -2.7, -4.2. Results show that the characteristic increase in blood pressure and pulse rate and, to a lesser extent, the decrease in finger temperature due to smoking are reduced by pretreatment with reserpine. Submitted on July 10, 1961


Sensor Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-86
Author(s):  
Jian Tian ◽  
Jiangan Xie ◽  
Zhonghua He ◽  
Qianfeng Ma ◽  
Xiuxin Wang

Purpose Wrist-cuff oscillometric blood pressure monitors are very popular in the portable medical device market. However, its accuracy has always been controversial. In addition to the oscillatory pressure pulse wave, the finger photoplethysmography (PPG) can provide information on blood pressure changes. A blood pressure measurement system integrating the information of pressure pulse wave and the finger PPG may improve measurement accuracy. Additionally, a neural network can synthesize the information of different types of signals and approximate the complex nonlinear relationship between inputs and outputs. The purpose of this study is to verify the hypothesis that a wrist-cuff device using a neural network for blood pressure estimation from both the oscillatory pressure pulse wave and PPG signal may improve the accuracy. Design/methodology/approach A PPG sensor was integrated into a wrist blood pressure monitor, so the finger PPG and the oscillatory pressure wave could be detected at the same time during the measurement. After the peak detection, curves were fitted to the data of pressure pulse amplitude and PPG pulse amplitude versus time. A genetic algorithm-back propagation neural network was constructed. Parameters of the curves were inputted into the neural network, the outputs of which were the measurement values of blood pressure. Blood pressure measurements of 145 subjects were obtained using a mercury sphygmomanometer, the developed device with the neural network algorithm and an Omron HEM-6111 blood pressure monitor for comparison. Findings For the systolic blood pressure (SBP), the difference between the proposed device and the mercury sphygmomanometer is 0.0062 ± 2.55 mmHg (mean ± SD) and the difference between the Omron device and the mercury sphygmomanometer is 1.13 ± 9.48 mmHg. The difference in diastolic blood pressure between the mercury sphygmomanometer and the proposed device was 0.28 ± 2.99 mmHg. The difference in diastolic blood pressure between the mercury sphygmomanometer and Omron HEM-6111 was −3.37 ± 7.53 mmHg. Originality/value Although the difference in the SBP error between the proposed device and Omron HEM-6111 was not remarkable, there was a significant difference between the proposed device and Omron HEM-6111 in the diastolic blood pressure error. The developed device showed an improved performance. This study was an attempt to enhance the accuracy of wrist-cuff oscillometric blood pressure monitors by using the finger PPG and the neural network. The hardware framework constructed in this study can improve the conventional wrist oscillometric sphygmomanometer and may be used for continuous measurement of blood pressure.


Author(s):  
V.S. Pasko

The aim of the study was to determine the peculiarities of ABPM indices in middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients depending on the daily BP profile. Material and methods. Indices of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were identified in 57 middle-aged patients (45-59 years) (group I) and 43 elderly patients (60-74 years) (group II), who underwent two-week in-patient treatment. The control group consisted of 15 patients for every of the surveyed categories (group III - middle-aged and group IV – elderly respectively) matched with basic by age and gender. Results. We have shown that one of the factors that determines the change in hemodynamics in patients with essential hypertension is age, with the age patients experience the decrease in diastolic blood pressure with steadily increased systolic blood pressure, that should be considered in the prescription of antihypertensive treatment. With age, a gradual increase in systolic blood pressure is associated with the increased aortic stiffness, partially with the increase in collagen and the decrease in elastic fibrils and the formation of isolated systolic hypertension. Thus, it is proved that in the formation of isolated hypertension the growth of pulse blood pressure for more than 60 mm Hg is unfavorable in a development of cerebrovascular events. Pulse arterial blood pressure was stronger risk factor than systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure or average arterial pressure in the elderly. Recently, taking into account age characteristics, all three indices were recognized as comparable predictors at the age of 50-59 years as the transitional period, and at the age of 60-79 years diastolic blood pressure adversely affecting the cardiovascular risk, increased pulse blood pressure prognostically above the level of systolic arterial pressure.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Renata Emilia Marques Aguiar ◽  
Cauê Vazquez La Scala Teixeira ◽  
Heverton Paulino ◽  
José Rodrigo Pauli ◽  
Alessandra Medeiros ◽  
...  

Aerobic and resistance exercise have been prescript to prevention and non pharmacological treatment of hypertension. However, there is a lack of studies investigating the effects of concurrent training in hypertensive women. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of concurrent training program on rest blood pressure, biochemical variables (blood glucose and total cholesterol) , anthropometric (body mass index and waist circumference) and functional fitness in hypertensive women. Eighteen hypertensive postmenopausal and untrained women (59±12 years old) started in the intervention, but only ten subjects finished. The voluntaries were enrolled in concurrent training, 60 min/day, 3 times a week, during 6 months. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, blood glucose, total cholesterol, body mass index, waist circumference and functional fitness (AAPHERD) were measured pre and post experimental period. Data were analyzed using the Student’s t test with significance level set at 5% (P?0.05) and Cohen's Effect Size (ES). The results showed significant improvement in systolic and diastolic blood pressure at rest. The other variables did not show significantly changes, but the ES was medium and large for several variables (body mass index, blood glucose, total cholesterol, agility, coordination, aerobic fitness, strength endurance and general functional fitness index). In conclusion, this study confirms that 6 month of concurrent training program improved systolic and diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive women. In addition, the protocol suggests an improvement in anthropometric, biochemical and functional variables related to health.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Victoria A. Serhiyenko ◽  
Boris N. Mankovsky ◽  
Ludmila М. Serhiyenko ◽  
Aleksandr A. Serhiyenko

Background: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which is characterized by lesion of nerve fibers in parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system is one of the leading causes of heart arrhythmias and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in patients with T2DM. Therefore, the problem of effective treatment of CAN is particularly relevant. Aims: To analyze the effect of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (-3 PUFAs) on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters in patients with T2DM and CAN. Materials and methods: 36 patients with T2DM and confirmed CAN were divided into two groups. First group received hypoglycemic therapy (n=15, control) for three months; patients in group 2 (n=21) in addition were administered 1 capsule/q.d. of -3 PUFAs for three month. Results: Treatment with -3 PUFAs led to significant decrease of the diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p0,01), diastolic blood pressure load (p0,05), time index of DBP (p0,05) during the day; DBP (p0,05), diastolic blood pressure load (p0,05), time index of DBP (p0,05), SD DBP (p0,01) during the night (compared to the control group). Conclusions: The study showed that prescription of -3 PUFAs for three month was effective in decreasing diastolic blood pressure and its parameters among patients with T2DM and CAN.


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