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Background & Methods: The aim of the study is to find out the effect of fat body mass index & central obesity on blood pressure in medical students. Our purpose was to get correlation of blood pressure with body composition so, to avoid circadian variation in the blood pressure recordings, we measured the blood pressure during before lunch period in all the subjects uniformly. In each session of blood pressure recordings, the procedure was demonstrated. Results: 350 male medical students, 220 students having blood pressure ≤120 mmHg and fat free mass index (FFMI) is in normal range (16.7 to 19.8). The 31 students having blood pressure ≤120 mmHg but their fat free mass index (FFMI) is >19.8. The 72 students having blood pressure >120 mmHg but their fat free mass index (FFMI) is in normal range (16.7 to 19.8) while the 27 students having blood pressure >120 mmHg and fat free mass index (FFMI) is >19.8. 150 female medical students, 90 students having blood pressure ≤120 mmHg and fat free mass index (FFMI) is in normal range (14.6 to 16.8). The 17 students having blood pressure ≤120 mmHg but their fat free mass index (FFMI) is >16.8. The 23 female students having blood pressure >120 mmHg but their fat free mass index (FFMI) is in normal range (14.6 to 16.8) while 10 female students having their blood pressure and fat free mass index both on higher side.

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