Table of my results.
Graph of my results.
Journal:
1. State a problem about the relationship of age and gender to blood pressure.
Several factors contribute to hypertension, including a family history of hypertension, a high-salt diet, lack of exercise, alcohol consumption, height, weight, age, and gender. As an individual gets older, they become more prone to high blood pressure; males tend to have higher systolic and diastolic averages. In grade school, the body's metabolism works very quickly and for those with poor health diets, the effects may not be seen. When they age, however, they may find that with age their metabolism slows and they cannot eat those burgers and fries anymore (or in such large quantities). Exercise will probably be needed to lose those unwanted pounds and lumps but with the many responsibilities that come with adulthood (work, children, housework) exercise is not always an easy thing to fit into your life. All of these affect a person and they really just hurt the body. The body needs certain vitamins and minerals in order to live a healthy life and such diets including lots of salty or sugary foods deprive the body from such. Instead, the body needs to work harder with its blogged arteries, hurting the heart. Thinking about gender, females and males have different bodies and therefore are able to eat different kinds of foods and often in different portions. That would contribute to blood pressure averages.
3. How will you use the investigation screen to test your hypothesis? What steps will you follow? What data will you record?
I will begin by taking the blood pressure of an entire group of 10 patients alike in gender and age group. There will be a series of 10 groups (5 groups female, 5 groups male) separated by age group. Starting with the first group, I will add together all the systolic pressures for the ten patients, then I will divide that number by 10. This will give me the average systolic pressure for that group. I will add together all the diastolic pressures for that same group and continue to divide by ten. This will have given me the the average diastolic pressures for that group as well. Then, I will record those averages in the table provided. Finally, I will take a look at each patients' medical report, especially of those with hypertension, to help me decide on the factors that lead to hypertension for that group. Finished with that group, I will continue the same process for each of the remaining 9 groups. All the data set into the table will provide me with a graph, showing the relationship to age and blood pressure. I will get this table with a click from the "table icon" button once all my information is inserted into the table.
4. Analyze the result of your experiment. Explain any patterns you observed.
I was interested to find that there were more men with hypertension than women, most in the age group of 45-54 (14 men to 5 women). Both genders had an incline of blood person over time but the females went down from the 1st age group, then up for the rest of the age groups. The leading causes of hypertension for each sex surprised me as well because they were different. For men, a lack of exercise was the leading factor, while for women, it was a high-salt diet that lead to hypertension.
5. 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?
The results of my experiment did support my hypothesis in that as age increases, the possibility of hypertension increases. Both men and women had higher blood pressure averages as their ages increased (with the exception of the woman age groups from 11-17 to 19-24). Based on my experiment, I can conclude that the gender and age of a group does relate to blood pressure in that men have higher blood pressures compared to women but both genders did have an overall increase in their blood pressure averages.
6. 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?
The hypertension patients were the ones with blood pressures that were outside of the normal range for their groups. I had 19 out of the 100 patients with this condition. Their medical charts might explain their high blood pressures in that the men mostly had the same characteristic--a lack of exercise, and for the women, it was a diet high in salt.
7. List risk factors associated with the hypertension. Based on your observation, which risk factor do you think is most closely associated with hypertension?
The risk factors associated with hypertension include family history of hypertension, obesity, a high salt diet, a lack of exercise, alcohol consumption, gender, and age. Based on my observation, the biggest risk factor to hypertension would be a lack of exercise.
8. 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 may affect blood pressure because that extra body mass hurts the heart. The heart has to strain itself to pump our blood with the oxygen and nutrients to all the parts of the body. From all the bad dieting, these people are clogging their arteries and making it even harder for the blood to flow through. In combination with obesity, a lack of exercise and/or a high salt diet will most likely increase a person's risk for high blood pressure, however there are several more factors including age and gender.
Overall, due to my observations, I am able to conclude that men and women both have different risk factors that are more risky than others in getting hypertension. For men, lack of exercise would be their major risk factor. For women, a high salt diet would be their major risk factor. Although gender and age are both factors along with a family history of hypertension, an individual's life decisions, specifically diet and exercise, are the major factors in a person developing high blood pressure.
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