Key result
A higher standard of living and greater Western cultural influence were associated with higher average systolic and diastolic blood pressures among Indian men and Pacific Island races.
Why the study?
Does a higher standard of living and Western culture influence increase blood pressure in Indian men in Fiji and Pacific Island populations?
Does a higher standard of living and Western culture influence increase blood pressure in Indian men in Fiji and Pacific Island populations?
Higher standard of living and Western cultural influence are associated with higher blood pressure among Indian men in Fiji and other Pacific Island populations.
Links higher living standards to elevated BP in these groups; leaves open causality and need for prospective confirmation.
A group of Indian men in Suva, Fiji, selected for their relatively high standard of living had average systolic and diastolic blood pressures higher than those of the sample of the local rural Indian male population. There is gradation in the incidence of high blood pressure among several races of the Pacific Islands that parallels the degree to which they have been influenced by Western culture.
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Ian Maddocks (1961) studied this question. A higher standard of living and greater Western cultural influence were associated with higher average systolic and diastolic blood pressures among Indian men and Pacific Island races.
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