Online Blood Pressure Lab Write--Up

From this lab i learned alot. It was very interesting how you could view the medical history of the female/male and determine as to why their blood pressure was so high.

State a problem about the relationship of age and gender to blood pressure.
With age comes higher blood pressure, but mens blood pressure with the ages of 45+ is higher then womens.

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.
The average blood pressure would be affected by the age due to the factthat younger individauls are going to have a lower blood pressure because they could possibly be healthier or just because of age.

How will you use the investigation screen to test your hypothesis? What steps will you follow? What data will you record?
Measuring the blood pressure, i will follow the steps of doing each gender age group before switching genders.

Analyze the result of your experiment. Explain any patterns you observed.
The results were that as the age increased so did the blood pressure,, but also that the mens was high then the womens no matter what age.

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?
Yes my hypothesis matched my conslusion of the fact that mens would be higher then womens, and that as age increased so would the blood pressure.
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?
Yes there were several, they were mainly due to a high salt diet, and lack of exercise.

List risk factors associated with the hypertension. Based on your observation, which risk factor do you think is most closely associated with hypertension?
Heredity. If your parents have or had high blood pressure, you have a greater chance of having it, too. Race. African-Americans are more likely to develop high blood pressure than their Caucasian counterparts. Gender. Men run a greater overall risk for developing high blood pressure than women do. However, women who are postmenopausal, especially if 20 pounds or more overweight, are at risk for developing high blood pressure. Age. The older we get, the greater the risk for developing high blood pressure. Obesity. Overweight people are more likely than others to develop high blood pressure.

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 a main componet for high blood pressure because it is causing the heart to work harder and also if you are obese chances are you do not exercise and that you have a poor diet.