blood pressure lab write-up

i didn't figure out how to get the stuff e-mailed or saved to windows, so I'm just gonna have to go with the printouts...goody...

below is the blood pressure chart results.

Age Range Male Systolic Male Diastolic Female Systolic Female Diastolic

11 - 17 117 81 117 76

18 - 24 130 81 117 77

25 - 34 130 81 116 74

35 -44 132 81 120 76

45 - 54 133 84 131 81



1 State a problem about the relationship of age and gender to blood pressure.

males and type a personality people are more prone to hypertension.Older people are also at risk because of innumerable stresses.

2 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.

according to pulse norms,infants have up to 150 BPM,6-10 year olds have 70-120 BPM,and teens-adults have 60-110 BPM

3 How will you use the investigation screen to test your hypothesis? What steps will you follow? What data will you record?

select gender,select age,measure blood pressure,record results.

4 Analyze the result of your experiment. Explain any patterns you observed.

the older they got, the higher their blood pressure rose.

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?

no,it did not support
older=higher blood pressure
answer same as above

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?

yep
family history of hypertension,high-salt diet,no exercise,drinking.

7 List risk factors associated with the hypertension. Based on your observation, which risk factor do you think is most closely associated with hypertension?

heredity
high-salt diet
no exercise
drinking

heredity

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?

make it worse
yes
age,race(African-American),high-salt diet,inactivity.