A mathematical model of aging processes. IV. A multivariate analysis of blood pressure in a Montreal and a Utah population.
Two populations, one Montreal- and one Utah-based, were studied with respect to heart disease risk factors on a cross-sectional basis. The Utah population afforded consistently lower mean blood pressures than the Montreal population, although there was not evidence that the Utah population was less obese, or had a lower pulse rate. Also, in the Utah population, it was found that the proportion of persons with a family history of heart disease did not differ significantly in the hyper- and normo-tensive groups. Fourteen parameters were investigated in the Montreal population, and the analyses indicated that, when other variables are controlled, age, pulse rate, some measure of serum lipid levels, and a family history of heart disease generally assist in the discrimination between the hyper- and normo-tensive groups, but the obesity measurement did not. In that sense, obesity, on its own, may not be considered a risk factor for hypertension.
D000375:Aging; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D011792:Quebec; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications; D014589:Utah