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Comparative Study
Group comparisons of blood pressure and indices of obesity and salt intake in Pacific populations.
- R Taylor, P Zimmet, S Levy, and V Collins.
- Med. J. Aust. 1985 Apr 29; 142 (9): 499-501.
AbstractGroup comparisons of blood pressure and indices of obesity and salt intake from epidemiological studies conducted in the Pacific early in the 1980s are presented. The comparisons were of a rural-urban type, and showed a trend for a lower prevalence of hypertension and for lower mean blood pressures in adults from rural areas, compared with urban populations. Rural residents were also slimmer and appeared to have a lower salt intake than did urban dwellers. These findings give possible support to the role of adiposity and salt intake in the genesis of essential hypertension.
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