The Incidence of Hypertension Among Urban Japanese

Article1 November 1933THE INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION AMONG URBAN JAPANESEHIROTOSHI HASHIMOTO, KEIJI AKATSUKA, ICHIRO TSUJII, HAJIME SHIRAISHIHIROTOSHI HASHIMOTO, KEIJI AKATSUKA, ICHIRO TSUJII, HAJIME SHIRAISHIAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-5-615 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCadbury,1Cruickshank,3Kilborn,12and others have called attention to the fact that the average blood pressure of the Chinese is lower than the average of Occidentals, the difference being about 10 mm. of mercury. Foster6found, in his experience, that hypertension is rare in the Chinese. He found about 20 patients whose systolic blood pressures were more than 160 mm., among about 4000 patients examined on the medical service of the Hunan-Yale Hospital. Harris9was of a similar opinion concerning the incidence of hypertension in Chinese. Foster6and Tung18reported that the blood pressures of Occidentals, mostly Americans, living in...Bibliography1. CADBURY WW: Blood pressure of normal Cantonese students, Arch. Int. Med., 1922, xxx, 362-377; China Med. Jr., 1923, xxxvii, 823-833. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CHAMBERLAIN WP: A study of the systolic blood pressure and the pulse rate of healthy adult males in the Philippines; based on 6,847 blood pressure readings on 1,489 individuals and an equal number of pulse counts on the same persons, Philippine Jr. Sci., 1911, vi, 467-482. Google Scholar3. CRUICKSHANK EW: Physiological standards in north China: blood pressure studies; alveolar air gases, China Med. Jr., 1923, (supp.) xxxvii, 1-44. Google Scholar4. DONNISON CP: Blood pressure in African native; its bearing upon etiology of hyperpiesia and arteriosclerosis, Lancet, 1929, i, 6-7. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FISHBERG AM: Hypertension and nephritis, 1930, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 428. Google Scholar6. FOSTER JH: Blood pressure of foreigners in China, Arch. Int. Med., 1927, xl, 38-45. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. FROST HM: Hypertension and longevity, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1925, cxciii, 241-251. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. GELMAN J: Hypertoniestudien: II. Mitteilung. Alters- und Berufsverschiebungen im hämodynamischen System, Ztschr. f. klin. Med., 1927, cvi, 310-319.—Hypertoniestudien; klinische Formen der Hypertonie, ibid., 320-336. Google Scholar9. HARRIS EF: Quoted by Foster. Google Scholar10. ISHIOKA S: Blood pressure of policy-holders, Hoken Igaku Zasshi, 1921, xx, 41. Google Scholar11. JANEWAY TC: A clinical study of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1913, xii, 755-798. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. KILBORN LG: Blood pressure of Szechwanese students, China Med. Jr., 1926, xl, 1-7. Google Scholar13. MUSGRAVESISON WEAG: Blood pressure in the tropics; a preliminary report, Philippine Jr. Sci., 1910, v, 325-329. Google Scholar14. NORRIS GW: Blood pressure; its clinical applications, 1917, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 279. Google Scholar15. RISEMANWEISS JES: Age and sex incidence of arterial hypertension, Am. Heart Jr., 1929, v, 172-190. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. SALLER K: Über die Altersveränderungen des Blutdrucks, Ztschr. f. d. ges. exper. Med., 1928, lviii, 683-709. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. SYMONDS B: The blood pressure of healthy men and women, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxx, 232-236. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. TUNG CL: Relative hypotension of foreigners in China, Arch. Int. Med., 1927, xl, 153-158. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. YASUIMORI KS: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 1928, xvi, 122. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Tokyo,*Submitted for publication June 26, 1933.From the St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byObservations on the Blood Pressure of TibetansThe racial incidence of heart disease at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Part II. Hypertension and valvular disease of the heartErnährungstherapieErnährungstherapieErbbiologie und Erbpathologie des KreislaufapparatesErbbiologie und Erbpathologie des Kreislaufapparates 1 November 1933Volume 7, Issue 5Page: 615-624KeywordsBlood pressureHypertensionMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...