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Abstract
The purpose of the study is to compare the blood pressure between high performer and low performer athletes with the age groups of 18 to 25 years. For this study, a sample of sixty four (N=64) athletes engaged in different games i.e. high performer (N1=32: mean ± SD: height 171.90 ± 6.40 cm and weight 62.77 ± 8.80 kg) and low performer athletes (N1=32: mean ± SD: height 167.50 ± 9.08 cm and weight 67.89 ± 26.58 kg) were selected from Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector-46, Chandigarh, affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. The blood pressure of the subjects was recorded by digital sphygmomanometer. The independent samples t-test was used to assess the difference of blood pressure between high performer and low performer athletes. The result of the study indicated that there were no statistically significant difference found in systolic and diastolic blood pressure between high performer and low performer athletes.