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Background: High blood pressure is one of the most importantrisk factor for cardiovascular disease. CVD are the number onecause of death globally. The present study was conducted toassess the correlation between Anthropometric parametersand Cardiovascular reactivity in normotensive students.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study wasconducted among 100 MBBS students in the age group of 19to 22 years at KD Medical College, Hospital and ResearchCentre, Mathura subjects over the period of 2 months wereselected for the study. The subject will be asked to had a lightbreakfast then in the sitting position we will take theCardiovascular parameters and Anthropometric data of thesubject. This study will be significant if the calculated ‘p’ valueis < 0.5. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.Correlation between Cardiovascular Reactivity andAnthropometric parameters will be accessed by Pearson’sCorrelation method.Results: In the present study the mean age of the subjectswas 21 years, mean height was 1.65, mean weight was 67.24kg and mean BMI was 23.37. P value found to be statisticallynon-significant for BMI and heart rate, BMI and DBP, BMI andTransit time, BMI and Velocity. And P value found to bestatistically significant for BMI and SBP, BMI and MAP.Conclusion: Our findings in the study showed the existingpositive correlation between the BMI and the various reactivitymeasures of the heart such as heart rate, systolic bloodpressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure,pulse transit time and pulse velocity.
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Background: Students usually prefer to play games on theirmobile phones to avoid stress which is a major cause of CVDnowadays. CVR to stress can be assessed throughcardiovascular parameters such as blood pressure, heart rateand pulse transit time. The present study was conducted tocompare the Cardiovascular Reactivity (Heart rate, bloodpressure, pulse transit time) before, during and after playingmobile games and to compare cardiovascular parameters onthe 1st day and last day of study.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study wasconducted among 100 MBBS students in the age group of 19to 22 years at KD Medical College, Hospital and ResearchCentre, Mathura. Subjects over the period of 2 months wereselected for the study. The subjects were asked to have a lightbreakfast. Then in the sitting position; cardiovascularparameters and anthropometric data of the subjects weretaken 10 minutes before the game. All the rules of(CRASHLAND) mobile game were explained to the subjectsbefore letting him/her to start the game. After taking theseparameters the subject were asked to play the mobile game for30 minutes. Then the game was withdrawal and within 10minutes of interval; all these parameters were taken again. Ifany discomfort was reported by the subject then he/she wasexcluded from this study. Data was analyzed using SPSSversion 20. Variation of Cardiovascular Reactivity before,during and after playing mobile games were accessed byRepeated Measure ANOVA. Comparison of cardiovascularparameters on the 1st day and last day of study of a subjectwas accessed by Paired “t” Test.Results: A positive correlation was found between the BMIand various CVR parameters such as heart rate, SBP, DBP,MAP, pulse transit time, pulse wave velocity during and afterplaying the game. Repeated measure ANOVA analysed thatthere was no significant increase in pulse wave velocity of thesubject before, during and after playing mobile game. One wayANOVA analysed that there was significant increase in SBPand DBP of the subject, suggesting increased stressassociated with playing mobile games.Conclusion: Our study concluded that a positive correlationwas found between the BMI and various CVR parameters suchas heart rate, SBP, DBP, MAP, pulse transit time, pulse wavevelocity during and after playing the game.