PMID: 6105245Jul 12, 1980Paper

Blood-pressure and its correlates in urban and tribal Africa

Lancet
P S SeverP Beighton

Abstract

Blood-pressure and associated factors were compared in tribal and urban Xhosa people of Southern Africa. In the urban group blood-pressures were high and rose significantly with age whereas in the tribal group they were low and rose little with age. Indices of obesity including weight, skin-fold thickness, and ponderal index were significantly greater in urban dwellers and correlated strongly with arterial pressure. Dietary sodium and urine-sodium/creatinine ratio were significantly higher in the urban people, but there was no within-population relationship between either dietary sodium or urine-sodium/creatinine ratio and blood-pressure. Plasma-noradrenaline, an index of sympathetic activity, was similar in both populations, as was plasma-renin activity. Low plasma-renin was common and may be genetically determined. Diet and obesity may contribute to the rise in arterial pressure that is a consequence of urbanisation.

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Jan 1, 1985·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·N R PoulterP Sever
May 1, 1991·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·A H Barnett
Nov 22, 1980·Lancet·G H StraussM Price
Jun 20, 1981·Lancet·R O CumminsM Walker
Oct 3, 2002·Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology. Supplement·Sachiko KugaJacob Mtabaji
May 1, 1985·Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology·N R PoulterP S Sever
Feb 20, 1982·British Medical Journal·J S DavidsonB Keding
Apr 14, 1990·BMJ : British Medical Journal·N R PoulterP S Sever
Dec 1, 1982·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·Y K SeedatD B Hackland
Mar 1, 1983·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·D Simmons
Sep 1, 1984·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·N PoulterP S Sever
Jul 9, 1999·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·N S LevittN Cameron
Mar 15, 2006·Annual Review of Public Health·Ihab HajjarTheodore A Kotchen
May 24, 2006·Hypertension Research : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension·Masazumi AkahoshiKatsusuke Yano
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