Question

Look at the following table and answer the questions.
Name of the Student
Systolic Pressure
Diastolic Pressure
Srikanth
120
80
Sudheer
160
100
(a) Who is healthy person? Why?
(b) Who is suffering from hypertension ? What are the reasons ?​

Answer 1

Question :-

Look at the following table and answer the questions.

$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \sf{name \: of} & \sf{Systolic} & \sf{Diastolic} \\ \sf{the \: student} & \sf{pressure}& \sf{pressure} \\ \hline \\ \sf{Shrikanth}&120&80 \\ \hline \\ \sf{Sudheer}&160&100 \\ \hline\end{array}$

(a) Who is healthy person? Why?

(b) Who is suffering from hypertension ? What are the reasons ?

Answer :-

(a) Shrikanth is healthy person.

This is because he has a :

• systolic pressure of 120 mm Hg ( less than 130 mm Hg ) , and
• diastolic pressure of 80 mm Hg ( not less than 80 mm Hg ) .

(b) Sudheer is suffering from hypertension.

The reasons are as follows :

1. systolic pressure is 160 mm Hg ( greater than 140 mm Hg ) . This is known as hypertension stage 2.
2. diastolic pressure is 100 mm Hg ( greater than 90 mm Hg ) . This is also known as hypertension stage 2.

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