Relationship Between Blood Pressure And Body Composition Of Active And Inactive Students Of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between blood pressure and body composition of active and inactive students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Similar investigations especially in northern universities were very scanty. Furthermore, it was not very clear how blood pressure was affected by such factors as body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and percent body fat. To this end the hypotheses were formulated for testing. The ex-post facto research design with stratified random sampling technique was used. Thereafter, a sample of 1,297 subjects representing 5% of the targeted population was randomly selected for the study. The Omron automatic digital blood pressure monitor, a flexible measuring tape, bathroom weighing scale, stadiometre and Harpenden skinfold calliper were used to collect data on blood pressure, waist and hip circumferences, body weight, height and three skinfolds from both genders respectively. While waist to hip ratio and body mass index were ...