Operation Manual

Polar BodyAge System
National Center for Health Statistics in collaboration with the National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, May 30, 2000.
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts.
Blood Pressure
Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Physicians: 2003 European Society of
Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology, Journal of Hypertension 2003; 21: 1011-
1053
Seventh Report on the Joint Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High
Blood Pressure (JNCB), Hypertension. 2003 Dec;42(6):1206-52
McArdle, William D., Frank I. Katch, and Victor L. Katch, Exercise Physiology: Energy,
Nutrition, And Human Performance, Malvern, PA: Lea & Febiger publisher, 1991
Polar measures blood pressure on the right arm based on the following references. Reasons to
use the right arm include the remote possibility that the genetic anomaly of coarctation (abnormal
narrowing) between the aorta and subclavian artery will cause an elevated blood pressure. If the
pressure in the right arm is normal, it is likely to be normal everywhere.
1. Burch, G.E. (1976). Consultations in Hypertension: A Clinical Synposium. Rochester,
NY: Pennwalt Prescription Products.
2. Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children. (1977). Report of the Task Force on
Blood Pressure Control in Children. Pediactrics 59 (Suppl.), 797-820.
Cholesterol (Total, LDL,HDL,LDL/HDL Ratio)
Executive summary of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult
Treatment Panel III). JAMA 2001; 285:2486-97.
Ratio Reference
Cooper, Kenneth H. Controlling Cholesterol. The Cooper Institute, 1985, pg 65.
Glucose Norms
American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 7th
Edition, pg. 47 (2006)
Girth Measurements (Waist to Hip Ratio)
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