Blood pressure studies in two Pacific populations with varying degrees of modernisation.

Authors:
  • PZP Zimmet
    P Zimmet
  • LJL Jackson
    L Jackson
  • SWS Whitehouse
    S Whitehouse
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  • 9 April 1980
    • journal article
    • Vol. 91  (657) , 249-52
    • PMID:6930587
Abstract
The prevalence of hypertension and the change in blood pressure with age were investigated in a Polynesian population (Tuvalu), and in a Micronesian population (Nauru) in the South Pacific region. Hypertension was present in 27.2 percent of the Nauruans and 11.1 percent of the Tuvaluans. Both population groups also showed a rise in mean blood pressure with increasing age--a phenomenon apparently absent in traditional-living populations of the world but present in western societies.