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Blood pressure BP increases with age and obesity. We have assessed the relative contribution of age and fatness to BP regulation in a healthy population investigated by nurse practitioners. In men the mean body mass index BMI was In women the mean BMI was Correlation analysis was performed and in multiple regression analysis we used BP values as the dependent variable and fat percentage and age as independent variables.
Normality of variables distribution was checked and found satisfactorily. Most of the subjects had an untreated component of metabolic syndrome.
There was a correlation between BP values, age, and percent body fat. BP was regulated only to a certain degree by fatness and age, with the influence being relatively small. Our results showed that BP was more influenced by fatness than age, and body fatness was more related to higher systolic than to diastolic BP.
Nurse practitioners can effectively detect and motivate people with metabolic syndrome. Evaluating the presence of metabolic syndrome components in a healthy population is not easy because it is difficult to find a reasonably defined healthy population. Nurse specialists can design and perform such studies.
