A Comparison of Blood Pressure in Men and Women

Article1 December 1932A Comparison of Blood Pressure in Men and WomenA Statistical Study of 5,540 IndividualsMACNIDER WETHERBY, M.D.MACNIDER WETHERBY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-6-754 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA study has been made of the routine blood pressure reading of all individuals admitted to the medical division of the out-patient department of the University of Minnesota Hospital. These records cover the three year period from December, 1926, to December, 1929. There are in this series 5,540 individuals, 3,258 women and 2,282 men. The readings have been classified by decades for systolic and diastolic pressures, and a comparative study has been made of blood pressures in men and women.LIFE INSURANCE STATISTICSThere have been a number of statistical studies of blood pressure. 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