1. State a problem about the relationship of age and gender to blood pressure.
The risk of hypertension in men may increase after the age of 40.
2. Use your knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system to make a hypothesis about how the average blood pressure for a group of people would be affected by manipulating the age and gender of the group members.
Men at 50 have a higher blood pressure than men at 20.
3. How will you use the investigation screen to test your hypothesis? What steps will you follow? What data will you record?
I will test the blood pressure of different age groups of men record the average of the data, and input it into a graph to test my hypothesis.
4. Analyze the result of your experiment. Explain any patterns you observed.
It seems that in men age affected blood pressure and at a more mature age all five risk increasing factors affected BP. In women BP tended to be lower than in men, but also increased with age. Risk increasing factors were abused less by women as a group than men.
5. Did the result of your experiment support your hypothesis? Why or why not? Based on your experiment what conclusion can you draw about the relationship of age and gender to group blood pressure averages?
The experiment supported my hypothesis because the average blood pressure of men at 50 years of age was indeed higher than that of men at 20 years of age. It seems that older men typically have a higher blood pressure than younger men, and that older women have a higher blood pressure than younger women. It also seems that men typically have higher blood pressure than women.
6. During the course of your experiment, did you obtain any blood pressure reading that were outside of the normal range for the group being tested? What did you notice on the medical charts for these individuals that might explain their high reading?
The patients with out of normal range BP had a variety of reasons. In young men it seemed to be a history of hypertension, lack of exercise, and being overweight. In older men it seemed to be all factors History of hypertension, alcohol consumption, high salt diet, lack of exercise and overweight.
7. List risk factors associated with the hypertension. Based on your observation, which risk factor do you think is most closely associated with hypertension?
Lack of exercise
Overweight
History of hypertension
High salt diet
Alcohol consumption
I feel that the most closely associated risk factor would be a history of hypertension.
8. What effect might obesity have on blood pressure? Does obesity alone cause a person to be at risk for high blood pressure? What other factors, in combination with obesity, might increase a person's risk for high blood pressure?
Obesity has a high impact on hypertension. The heart has to work so much harder to pump blood through more area. An obese person will likely have a lack of exercise and as well as a high fat/salt diet. These factors will greatly increase their risk.
The risk of hypertension in men may increase after the age of 40.
2. Use your knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system to make a hypothesis about how the average blood pressure for a group of people would be affected by manipulating the age and gender of the group members.
Men at 50 have a higher blood pressure than men at 20.
3. How will you use the investigation screen to test your hypothesis? What steps will you follow? What data will you record?
I will test the blood pressure of different age groups of men record the average of the data, and input it into a graph to test my hypothesis.
4. Analyze the result of your experiment. Explain any patterns you observed.
It seems that in men age affected blood pressure and at a more mature age all five risk increasing factors affected BP. In women BP tended to be lower than in men, but also increased with age. Risk increasing factors were abused less by women as a group than men.
5. Did the result of your experiment support your hypothesis? Why or why not? Based on your experiment what conclusion can you draw about the relationship of age and gender to group blood pressure averages?
The experiment supported my hypothesis because the average blood pressure of men at 50 years of age was indeed higher than that of men at 20 years of age. It seems that older men typically have a higher blood pressure than younger men, and that older women have a higher blood pressure than younger women. It also seems that men typically have higher blood pressure than women.
6. During the course of your experiment, did you obtain any blood pressure reading that were outside of the normal range for the group being tested? What did you notice on the medical charts for these individuals that might explain their high reading?
The patients with out of normal range BP had a variety of reasons. In young men it seemed to be a history of hypertension, lack of exercise, and being overweight. In older men it seemed to be all factors History of hypertension, alcohol consumption, high salt diet, lack of exercise and overweight.
7. List risk factors associated with the hypertension. Based on your observation, which risk factor do you think is most closely associated with hypertension?
Lack of exercise
Overweight
History of hypertension
High salt diet
Alcohol consumption
I feel that the most closely associated risk factor would be a history of hypertension.
8. What effect might obesity have on blood pressure? Does obesity alone cause a person to be at risk for high blood pressure? What other factors, in combination with obesity, might increase a person's risk for high blood pressure?
Obesity has a high impact on hypertension. The heart has to work so much harder to pump blood through more area. An obese person will likely have a lack of exercise and as well as a high fat/salt diet. These factors will greatly increase their risk.
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