Author(s): Biswajit Dhali and Dr. Asish Paul

Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to find out the status of different physiological variables such as heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar level etc. of active and sedentary men and to compare them between two groups of people who lead active and sedentary life style in rural area of West Bengal. 10 active and 10 sedentary men from the village of Uttar Nischinta, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal were purposively selected as the subjects for this study. Their age ranges from 60-80 years. The Variables of this study were Body weight, Standing height, Age, Heart rate, Blood pressure and Blood Sugar level. The significance of statistical difference of different variables between active and sedentary men was measured by applying statistical t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Statistical findings showed that the resting heart rate and resting Blood Sugar level of active person is significantly lower than the sedentary person. But in case of resting Blood pressure the difference was not significant.

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