체중 변동에 의한 맥박, 혈압 및 심전도 양상의 변화 = Changes of Pulse Rate, Blood Pressure and Electrocardiogram Pattern in Body Weight Variation

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Recently, the occurrences for obesity have gradually increased secondary to advanced economic growth, improvement of life standards, westernized dietary life, and changes in circumstances. Obesity has been known to be closely associated with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia, so that it causes many heaIth related problems. Therefore, we did research to discover the changes in the body mass index according to body weight variations, percent ideal body weight, blood pressure, total cholesterol, blood sugar level, pulse rate, and electrocardiogram pattem. We selectively chose 428 patients (226 males and 256 females) who were at least 40 years old and who came in for the comprehensive geriatric pathologic evaluation at the department of clinical pathology in the public health center that is located at Sungdong-gu in Seoul from April to July 2001. We subdivided them into four sections; low weight group, normal weight group, over weight group, and obesity group. We compared them according to body measurement, blood pressure, total cholesterol, blood sugar, pulse rate, and an electrocardiogram. The body mass index(p<0.001) is included in every age group from normal weight to over wei양lt group ranges, and the percent idεal body weight (p<O.OOI) is also included in the normal weight range of 90 to 110%. Those in their 50’s showed differences in height, weight, systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol, but didn’t show significant differences in diastolic blood pressure, blood sugar, pulse rate, or an electrocardiogram. We should acknowledge that the control and treatment of obesity are important factors for the prevention and hea1th improvement in geriatric pathologies, since the obesity indicators of body mass index, percent ideal body weight, systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol had been significantly increased.