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Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion

CONTEXT: Gender differences in the risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a matter of debate. The susceptibility of a woman to NCD should be evaluated taking into consideration the social factors that limit the physical activity among women. It will be interesting to note what will h...

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Autores principales: Anish, T. S., Shahulhameed, Safraj, Vijayakumar, K., Joy, Teena Mary, Sreelakshmi, P. R., Kuriakose, Anu
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3894044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479079
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.117424
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author Anish, T. S.
Shahulhameed, Safraj
Vijayakumar, K.
Joy, Teena Mary
Sreelakshmi, P. R.
Kuriakose, Anu
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Shahulhameed, Safraj
Vijayakumar, K.
Joy, Teena Mary
Sreelakshmi, P. R.
Kuriakose, Anu
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description CONTEXT: Gender differences in the risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a matter of debate. The susceptibility of a woman to NCD should be evaluated taking into consideration the social factors that limit the physical activity among women. It will be interesting to note what will happen if women are allowed to take part in physical exercise to the extent of men. AIMS: To find out the gender difference in the pattern of the clinical and biochemical indices related to NCD in young adults with comparable daily physical activity. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This is an institution-based cross-sectional study and the setting was Lekshmibhai National College for Physical Education (LNCPE), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study participants were students who were regularly involved in more than three hours of physical exercise daily at least for the previous one year. The information on socio-demography, anthropometry, and blood pressure was recorded. Blood samples were taken for laboratory examination. RESULTS: Out of 150 students registered, 126 (84%) in the age group of 17 to 25 years who fulfilled the eligibility criteria were studied. Fifty-five (43.7%) of them were women. Systolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, and low-density lipoprotein were found significantly lower in women. No significant difference was noted in the case of diastolic blood pressure and total cholesterol. CONCLUSION: Gender differences exist for NCD risk factors among young adults with comparable physical activity and physical exertion seems to be more protective for females.
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spelling pubmed-38940442014-01-29 Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion Anish, T. S. Shahulhameed, Safraj Vijayakumar, K. Joy, Teena Mary Sreelakshmi, P. R. Kuriakose, Anu J Family Med Prim Care Original Article CONTEXT: Gender differences in the risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a matter of debate. The susceptibility of a woman to NCD should be evaluated taking into consideration the social factors that limit the physical activity among women. It will be interesting to note what will happen if women are allowed to take part in physical exercise to the extent of men. AIMS: To find out the gender difference in the pattern of the clinical and biochemical indices related to NCD in young adults with comparable daily physical activity. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This is an institution-based cross-sectional study and the setting was Lekshmibhai National College for Physical Education (LNCPE), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study participants were students who were regularly involved in more than three hours of physical exercise daily at least for the previous one year. The information on socio-demography, anthropometry, and blood pressure was recorded. Blood samples were taken for laboratory examination. RESULTS: Out of 150 students registered, 126 (84%) in the age group of 17 to 25 years who fulfilled the eligibility criteria were studied. Fifty-five (43.7%) of them were women. Systolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, and low-density lipoprotein were found significantly lower in women. No significant difference was noted in the case of diastolic blood pressure and total cholesterol. CONCLUSION: Gender differences exist for NCD risk factors among young adults with comparable physical activity and physical exertion seems to be more protective for females. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3894044/ /pubmed/24479079 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.117424 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Anish, T. S.
Shahulhameed, Safraj
Vijayakumar, K.
Joy, Teena Mary
Sreelakshmi, P. R.
Kuriakose, Anu
Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion
title Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion
title_full Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion
title_fullStr Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion
title_full_unstemmed Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion
title_short Gender Difference in Blood pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in Young Adults with Comparable Routine Physical Exertion
title_sort gender difference in blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol in young adults with comparable routine physical exertion
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3894044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479079
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.117424
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