Key result
Low calorie and protein intakes fail to prevent age-related systolic blood pressure increases.
Why the study?
The relationship between protein deficiency, calorie intake, and blood pressure levels in undernourished populations was unclear.
Does protein deficiency and undernutrition prevent rising blood pressure with age?
Cross-Sectional
Yes
Does protein deficiency and undernutrition prevent rising blood pressure with age?
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Low calorie and protein intakes in undernourished populations do not prevent the age-related rise in systolic blood pressure.
Blood-pressures and measures of body build were recorded from three Javanese villages where there was.general undernutrition.Rice was the staple foodstuff in one, and cassava in two; protein intakes were appreciably better in the former.Blood-pressure levels were similar in each village.Systolic pressures (but net diastolic) were low compared with other populations and systolic pressures rose with age.In these undernourished subjects, protein deficiency does not seem to be the cause of lowered systolic pressure, and low calorie and protein intakes do not prevent rising systolic pressures with age.
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C. P. Lowther (1963) conducted a cross-sectional in Undernutrition. Low calorie and protein intakes vs. Higher protein intake (rice staple) was evaluated on Blood-pressure levels. Low calorie and protein intakes did not prevent rising systolic pressures with age among undernourished subjects in three Javanese villages.
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