Comparative Study of Lipid Profile Levels, Blood Pressure & Heart Rate in Vegetarian & Non- Vegetarian Persons

Introduction: The lipid profile, blood pressure & heart rate is used to determine the risk of obesity, heart disease in myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis and help in deciding treatment for borderline or high risk persons. “Epidemiological data suggests that plant-based dietary patterns are associated with a significantly lower prevalence of hypertension.” Aim & Objective: To investigate comparative study of lipid profile levels, blood pressure & heart rate in vegetarian and non-vegetarian persons. Materials And Methods: 30 Vegetarian persons and 30 non-vegetarian persons in age group of 20 to 60 years was taken from urban area of Rajkot city. A total of 60 samples i.e. blood (in sterile sample bottles) was collected. Biochemical analysis for Total Cholesterol, High density lipoprotein Cholesterol, Very low density lipoprotein cholesterol, Triglyceride, Low-density lipoproteins were done. Blood pressure & Heart rate were measured among all subjects. Results: There was significant increase blood pressure and heart rate in non-vegetarian persons than in vegetarian person. There was significant difference found in both the groups in values of all the parameters of lipid profile levels (p<0.05) and ‘t’ test is used to know the association between them. Discussion: The purpose of our study is to determine if adults can improve their heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and lipid profile levels by choice of diet. Conclusion: There is more dyslipidaemia indicated by higher values of total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, VLDL, and lower value of cardiac protective HDL in non-vegetarian person than in vegetarian person. In comparison to vegetarian, non-vegetarian had higher blood pressure and a higher heart rate.