Case Study on BMI and Coronary Artery Disease

Running head: CASE STUDY
Healthcare
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1CASE STUDY
Answer 1
BMI is defined as an attempt that helps in determining what the ideal body weight and
height should be for a person, in relation to the age. The value is usually obtained from the
height and mass weight of an individual, and is defined as body mass divided by body height
square, expressed in terms of kg/m2. Upon calculating the BMI for John, the 55 year old
male, it was found to be 27.76 kg/m2. The fact that normal levels of BMI should range from
18.5kg/m2 - 25 kg/m2, provides evidence for the fact that John is overweight (Chukhraiev et
al. 2017). The ideal body weight that he should have, based on his height is 63.3kgs - 85.6
kg. Furthermore, John also needs to lose an estimated 9.4 kg for reaching the ideal BMI of 25
kg/m2. An analysis of the BMI indicates that he might be having a pear body shape. Thus, for
reaching the ideal BMI levels, John needs to adopt a ruler shape body. This shape will be
characterised by presence of hips and waist that are of similar width and absence of any
curves in the body. Owing to the fact that abdominal obesity has been closely associated with
an increase in susceptibility for cardiovascular diseases, and other chronic non-contagious
disorders, John needs to reduce his weight to 65-85 kg and waist circumference to <90 cm
(Müller 2016).
Answer 3
If John develops coronary artery disease (CAD), all the blood vessels that are
responsible for the delivery of blood (arteries) to the muscles underlying the heart would
become hardened and narrow. Taking into consideration the fact that the lipid property of
cholesterol prevents its dissolution into the bloodstream, presence of elevated levels of low-
density lipoproteins, will act in the form of major risk factors, which in turn would have
contributed to the incidence of coronary artery disease. This would lead to the build-up of
deposits that are rich in cholesterol or plaques in the inner lining of the arterial vessels.