• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.65-75
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• 1993

This study was conducted to compare the frequency and to find epidemiologic characteristics of the diseases by analyzing the results of routine first health examination for partial healthy public officials. The total number of the examined was 1.128(876 male, 252 female) The results were as follow; 1. The prevalence rate of suspicious disease was liver disease 5.9% hypertension 5.4%, hyperlipemic disease 3.8%, pulmonary tuberculosis 1.2% by order. 2. The mean systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure showed increasing trend by age increasing. The mean of blood pressure in man was rather higher than that in woman. 3. The prevalence rate of suspicious borderline hypertension increased by aging. And the distribution of high cholesterol group and over than overweight group increased by aging. 4. In male, significant relation among age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, relative body weight was found. And significant relation between total cholesterol level and relative body weight was found. In female, age and relative body weight was related to systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and total cholesterol level. 5. According to the retrospective follow-up for those who had suspicious disease, correspondence rate of results was 5.2% in circulatory disease and 1.5% in liver disease.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.370-379
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the time for young adults to reach resting blood pressure after walking as measured by an automatic and a mercury sphygmomanometer. Methods: Participants were 33 nursing students in their 20s. Blood pressure after walking was measured every minute on both arms simultaneously for a total of 6 times after walking for 12 minutes on a treadmill at ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) of 11. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, Bland-Altman plots and repeated measures ANOVA. Results: Systolic blood pressure after walking was the same as measurements corresponding to resting blood pressure after 3 minutes of resting if measured with the automatic sphygmomanometer and 4 minutes of resting if measured with the mercury sphygmomanometer. Conclusions: In order to measure the resting blood pressure for healthy young adults who performed low-density walking for 12 minutes on flat land, the measurement needs to be made after a resting time of at least 3 minutes in the case of an automatic sphygmomanometer and 4 minutes in the case of a mercury sphygmomanometer.

• Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.101-113
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the effect of Tai Chi as therapeutic exercise on depressing blood pressure. Methods : We reviewed articles published in the PubMed, Chinese Academic Journals(CAJ) and five Korean databases. The searching keywords were "Tai chi AND blood pressure" and "Tai chi AND hypertension". We evaluated the quality with Cochrane risk of bias tool. Results : In the 114 articles searched, 7 randomized controlled clinical trials were selected. Yang(楊) style Tai chi, exercising over 30 minutes a time and over three times a week, had an effect on decreasing blood pressure. However, Wu(吳) style Tai chi was not effective in decreasing blood pressure. Conclusions : Usual exercises for hypertension patients should be performed in the form of moderate exercises intensity for 10-26 weeks by 30-60 minute a time, over 3 times a week. The study of Tai Chi on blood pressure needs to follow this criteria in the future.

• Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.113-122
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of drinking water on the change in blood pressure after spinal surgery. Methods: A quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group, pretest and posttest design was employed. Subjects were consisted of 40 elderly patients who underwent spine surgery (20 in the experimental group, 20 in the control group). Data were collected from May 9th to September 30th, 2013. The experimental design involved patients drinking 400 mL of water in 5 mins after surgery and the blood pressure was measured in a standing position following the first 30 minutes after surgery. Control group received the same treatment and care as experimental group, except for the water intake. Data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 19.0 for $x^2-test$, t-test and independent t-test. Results: Experimental group with water intake demonstrated a significant higher level of systolic blood pressure compared to the control group (t=9.065, p=.005), but showed a non-significant level of diastolic blood pressure. Conclusion: This study indicates that water intake can be utilized as a useful nursing intervention to monitor changes in systolic blood pressure in elderly patients after spinal surgery.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.39-45
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• 2002

Objective : This study was conducted with the purpose to evaluate the decreasing effect of the blood pressure on the hypertensive patients who were given to acupuncture on Iny$\check{o}$ng(ST9). Methods : We investigated the patients who had essential or secondary high blood pressure in the kwangdong oriental hospital from October 2000 to September 2001 as an experimental group and the non-hypertensive patients as a control group. Result : While the acupuncture was done in the experimental group, there was statistically significant decrease of the blood pressure, There was no statistically significant changes of blood pressure in the control group. Conclusion : We found that acupuncture on Iny$\check{o}$ng(ST9) has statistically significance in decreasing blood pressure to the experimental group while it hasn't to the control group. We also found out the decreasing effect of blood pressure lasted for two hours at least.

• Physical Therapy Korea
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.75-82
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• 1994

The purpose of this study is to determine cardiovascular reponses to concentric, eccentric and isometric exercise applied to the knee extensor muscle group. Exercise types studied were concentric, eccentric and isometric. The subjects were sixty healthy male volunteers who had no hypertension or cardiac disease. Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were recorded prior to starting exercise. The subjects also performed 10RM on right lower extremity. A N-K table was used for three exercises to right knee extensors. Each exercise was selected randomly and applied to each subject 10 times in a 10 second. After each exercise, heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were recorded immediately. Findings were as follows concectric contractions had a greater effect on the increase of systolic blood pressure and heart rate than eccentric or isometric contractions. Diastolic blood pressure is influenced only by isometric contractions. Eccentric contractions have less effect on the increase of systolic blood pressure and heart rate than concentric or isometric contractions. We hope that the results of this experiment can be adapted to exercise programs for patients with cardiac disease.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.493-501
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• 1995

To investigate an effect of dietary sodium and potassium on blood pressure, 418 adolescents living in Kangwha area were studied. Two measurements were taken on each blood pressure(diastolic, systolic) and the average of the two readings was used in the analysis. Sodium and potassium intake were estimated by the determination of those electrolytes in 24hr urine. Not only dietary factors but also physical growth factors such as weight, height, arm-circumference and skinfold-thickness were induced in the stepwise multiple regression analysis to indentify the relative importance between the factors. The variation of blood pressure both in systolic and diastolic in both sexes was inconsistent with the levels of sodium and potassium intake. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that the physical growth were more influential than nutrient factor. It suggested that hypertension risk factors observed form the adults, may not be identical with that of the growing aged population. After control of the physical growth, there was no significant variation observed by the level of sodium and potassium intake on blood pressure. In summary, the results indicate that growth has been more influential than dietary factor on blood pressure for growing aged population.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 1999

This study was conducted to figure out the differences of the BMI, blood lipids, blood pressure and nutrient intakes by serum insulin concentration among adults in Korea. Ninety-three subjects(male : n=37, female : n=56) participated in this study. The subjects were grouped by serum insulin concentrations into two groups-hyperinsulinemia group(n=17) and normoinsulinemia group(n=76). Anthropometric measurements, blood lipid profiles, blood pressure, oral glucose tolerance test, and daily nutrient intakes were analyzed. And serum glucose and insulin secretion pattern as shown through and oral glucose tolerance test were performed. BMI (p<0.05) and WHR(p<0.01) were significantly higher in hyperinsulinemic group than in normoinsulinemia group. There was no differences in fasting blood glucose level between groups, but total glucose area (p<0.001) and insulin glucose resistance(p<0.001) were significantly higher in hyperinsulinemia group than in normoinsulinemia higher in hyperinsulinemia group, but HDL-cholesterol(p<0.05), and systolic blood pressure(p<0.05) were significantly higher in hyperinsulinemia group, but HDL-cholesterol(p<0.001) was significantly lower in hyperinsulinemia group. They showed significant differences in energy, carbohydrate, potassium, riboflavin, niacin and dietary fiber intakes(p<0.05), the intake of those nutrients were low in normoinsulinemia group. Further investigation is necessary to determine the effects of amounts and types of carbohydrate and dietary fiber on serum insulin concentrations.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.322-328
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• 1999

In this study, it was tested whether the changes of catecholamines and its metabolites are related with the changes of blood pressure(BP) induced by different levels of lead exposure. Adult male SD rats were exposed to lead by giving drinking water containing 50(low doses), 200 and 1,000 ppm(high doses) of lead(as lead acetate) or sodium acetate(for control groups, supplying an identical amount of acetate) for 7 or 16 weeks. The systolic BP was measured in the unanesthetized state by the tail-cuff technique. Levels of catecholamines and its metabolites in urine were measured by HPLC-ECD. Rats receiving 200 and 1,000 ppm developed an elevation of systolic BP at 3 and 7 weeks compared with week 0, but blood pressure levels at 16 weeks returned to normal. For the 50 ppm lead treated group, systolic BP increased significantly at 7 weeks and 16 weeks. The concentrations of norepinephrine and VMA in the urine of lead exposed rats changed similarly to the changes of blood pressure, but blood viscosity levels in all lead treated rats increased continuously during all lead treatment periods. This result suggests that the changes of catecholamines and its metabolites in urine by lead intoxication may influence the changes of blood pressure.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.167-176
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of SAENGMAEKSAN extract on blood pressure and regional cerebral blood flow in rats. 1. High concentration of SAENGMAEKSAN extract decresed mean blood pressure in rats. 2. By depend on the dosage of SAENGMAEKSAN extract incresed mean regional cerebral blood flow in rats.