Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Trait of Bangladeshi Children Age Ranged from 1 to 12 Years

Anup Adhikari^1, and Nahida Pervin²

¹Anthropometrica, Toronto, Canada

²Bangladesh Institute of Sports (BKSP), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Anup Adhikari and Nahida Pervin. Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Trait of Bangladeshi Children Age Ranged from 1 to 12 Years. American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2014; 2(5A):29-33. doi: 10.12691/AJSSM-2-5A-7

Abstract

Blood pressure of Bangladeshi children aged between 1 to 12 from both sexes were measured in Bangladesh. Three hundred and seventy one children were measured randomly for their heart rate and blood pressure, out of which 243 were boys and 128 were girls. In the present study height and weight were increased gradually as age increases. Both systolic and diastolic pressure elevated gradually as age advanced though the change was not highly significant. Similar observations were also noticed when both boys and girls were analysed separately. Thus heart rate gradually decreases significantly as age, height and weight increases whereas both systolic and diastolic blood pressure increases as age, height and weight increases.

Keywords

heart rate, blood pressure, children, age, height, weight

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