Blood Pressure Lab

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

*The older an individual get typically so does there blood pressure. Men have a tendency to have higher blood pressure then women.

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.

*I believe that the younger the group typically (not always) their blood pressure will be lower. The gender also plays a role in this I believe that men have higher blood pressures then women.
I also think that other factors can manipulate the blood pressure. Even if the group is young but they all smoke and drink on a regular bases that it will raise the blood pressure.

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

*I will take an average blood pressure of all different age ranges and the two genders. Then if there is a blood pressure that is out of the normal range then I can investigate why that it is.
I will then record the averages of the different age groups and the genders.

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

*I have observed many different age groups and the two genders and i have found that the younger groups generally have lower blood pressures except for a select few. These people have in there families history, smoking, obese, and a few others.

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?

*Yes, it does. I was correct that the older you are the higher the blood pressure. That men also have higher blood pressures then women.

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?

*Yes i did there were a few and in examining their charts i found numerous things. Some of these things were Smoking, Family History, drinking, overweight, just to name a few.

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

*I don’t believe that there is just one factor that stands out more than others. Hypertension is dangerous no matter how you slice it. Some of the factors that cause hypertension could be:

Sex Weight
Smoking
Drinking
Family History
Age

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 can have a great effect on ones blood pressure, it make it high or even dangerously high. Obesity alone may not be the only factor that plays into high blood pressure for an individual. Poor diet, smoking, age, sex, drinking, drugs are just a few that can be associated with it.