Body Mass Index is Associated with blood pressure and vital capacity in medical students

Table 1 General characteristics of the participants

Characteristics	Male (n = 287)	Female (n = 556)	P value	Total (n = 843)
Anthropometric measures
Age (years)	21.39 ± 0.06	21.26 ± 0.04	> 0.05	21.30 ± 0.03
Height (cm)	172.74 ± 0.38	161.49 ± 0.23	< 0.05	165.32 ± 0.27
Weight (Kg)	65.57 ± 0.72	52.34 ± 0.34	< 0.05	56.84 ± 0.40
BMI (Kg/m²)	21.94 ± 0.21	20.09 ± 0.12	< 0.05	20.72 ± 0.11
Blood pressure
SBP (mmHg)	114.78 ± 0.64	103.19 ± 0.38	< 0.05	107.14 ± 0.38
DBP (mmHg)	72.60 ± 0.58	67.34 ± 0.36	< 0.05	69.47 ± 0.33
Breathing capacity
Vital capacity (mL)	4052 ± 43.11	2783.61 ± 21.14	< 0.05	3215.43 ± 28.95
VCI (mL/Kg)	62.61 ± 0.60	53.65 ± 0.38	< 0.05	56.70 ± 0.35
Health problems (%)
Underweight	13.6	28.6	< 0.05	23.5
Overweight	22.0	2.9	< 0.05	9.4
Obesity	8.0	1.6	< 0.05	3.8
Prehypertension	35.9	9.2	> 0.05	18.1
Hypertension	5.9	0.7	> 0.05	2.7
Poor vital capacity	7.3	4.1	< 0.05	5.2
Poor VCI	21.3	9.5	< 0.05	13.5

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; VCI: vital capacity index

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