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Introduction: Daily life changes and work demands have lead to a major sedentary life being seating for
long periods of time during the day. It has been observed that the time an individual spend seated during the day is associated to an increased risk in cardiovascular disease independent of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is statistically significant evidence between mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) and BMI (body mass index) in a group of white and blue collar workers. Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal study with 200 subjects, 100 blue collar workers and 100 white collar workers 20-40 years of age from different businesses in Guatemala City. Results: There was significant difference between BP (88.03mmHg vs. 89.63mmHg) and BMI 46% vs. 27% were overweight and 24% vs.12% were obese between both groups, in which the blue collar workers showed higher values. Conclusion: There is a difference between BMI and mean BP between both groups. We found higher values in the blue collar group, which spend less time seated, and this could be attributed to a lower education level and social status which leads to a lower health awareness and poor food choices among other things.
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