TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationship of Body Mass Index with Blood Pressure Levels Among Sudanese Adults Living
in Khartoum State
AU - A. Ali, Ibrahim AU - A. Musa, Omer AU - M. Bashir, Azza AU - S. Abdalla, Mazin 
JO  - The Cardiology
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
SP  - 9
EP  - 13
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1811-8194
DO  - tcard.2020.9.13
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=tcard.2020.9.13
KW  - systolic BP
KW  -Diastolic BP
KW  -Khartoum
KW  -BMI
KW  -BP
AB  - The blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) has 
been found to increase with increased weight. This 
relationship is well advocated in many solid researches 
around the world. However, the relationship does not 
account to a cause and effect relation, the increment in the 
body weight may only raise the risk of increasing blood 
pressure. The objective of this study is to investigate the 
relationship between the body mass index and blood 
pressure levels in healthy Sudanese population residing in 
Khartoum state. A cross sectional study was conducted 
during July-August, 2016 in Khartoum state on a sample 
size of 200 subjects adult males/females of ages between 
20-60 years and who were not known to be hypertensive. 
All the participants were assessed by a questionnaire 
covering age, gender, physical activity, daily salt intake 
and smoking history. Blood pressure was measured using 
the manual sphygmomanometer. Weight was measure 
using the standard scale. BMI was calculated according to 
the formula Weight (kg)/[height (m)]<sup>2</sup>. Correlations 
between the variables were estimated and p&lt;0.05 was 
considered statistically significant. There is a significant 
positive relationship between the BMI and the systolic 
blood pressure (p = 0.01), the statistical analysis also 
showed a significant positive relationship between the 
BMI and the diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.01). This 
study has demonstrated that the association between the 
body mass index and the blood pressure is significant. 
However, further studies on a larger sample size is 
required, so as to establish a mathematical formula to 
predict the blood pressure given the body mass index. 
There is positive correlation between systolic, diastolic 
blood pressure and BMI. Increased blood pressure was 
seen in individuals with higher BMI when compared with 
individuals with lower BMI.
ER  -