A 41 year old woman is an office worker with a sedentary lif…
A 41 year old woman is an office worker with a sedentary life style.. She presents at the UF Health Family Medicine clinic for a yearly physical examination. She is 5’5h tall and weighs 202 pounds. Blood pressure is 150/110 mm Hg, heart rate is 82 beats/min, and respiratory rate is 18 breaths/min. The most likely cause of the increased systolic blood pressure is