EXSC 387 Final Exam QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.

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What are the risks for Hypertension? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Obesity
-Smoking
-Little or no exercise
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-High salt intake
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-Too much alcohol
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*Stress
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-Family history |\




-Age


When the heart is contracting, it is ____ BP? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Systolic BP
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What is the classification for a hypertensive person? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔When diastolic and/or systolic measurements are
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>90 mmHg and/or >140 mmHg respectively on 2 separate
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occasions.


What % of people with hypertension do not have it under
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control? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔91.9%
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, When considering the importance of weight loss for controlling
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BP what could a person who lost 20kg of body weight expect to
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happen to their blood pressure? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A drop
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32 and 22 points. (For every kilo lost, BP goes down 1.6/1.1
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What is the recommended amount of sodium per day? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-IOM recommendation is <2300 mg/day
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-JNCDETHBP recommendation is <2400 mg/day |\ |\ |\ |\




If sodium intake was decreased to 2300 mg day, how many cases
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of hypertension would be prevented? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔11.1 million (save $18 billion in health care)
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Men and women have the same risk of being diagnosed with an
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autoimmune disease, True or false? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔False. Women are 2.7x more likely afflicted.|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What are T cells and B cells? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lymphocytes, (a kind of white blood cell). T cells function as |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


memory sources, and B cells manufacture weapons to destroy
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pathogens.


True or False, Men have a higher risk of MS? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔False (women are afflicted 2-3x more than men)
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True of False, MS is indirectly inherited? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔True