Population
129 men chosen at random from an industrial organization in Australia
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports age/weight as BP drivers in men; leaves open cholesterol's independence from these factors in contemporary cohorts.
This early cross-sectional study demonstrated that blood pressure increases with age and body weight, while serum cholesterol levels appeared independent of these factors in Australian men.
Whyte et al. (1958) studied this question.
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