Blood pressure studies among Amazonian native populations: a review from an epidemiological perspective.
Nine publications are reviewed concerning blood pressure (BP) levels among Amerindian tribes of the Amazon Basin. The lifestyle of these lowland peoples includes most known protective factors against hypertension, and relative isolation from Western society. The latter, however, is rapidly changing. Sampling, data, and analysis problems make current blood pressure data difficult to interpret, and provide a questionable baseline from which to document pressure change during rapid culture change for these groups. Ethnographic and epidemiological perspectives are offered for future blood pressure and health studies among native Amazonians.
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Center on Aging/SPEA, Indiana University, Indianapolis 46201.
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D000069:Acculturation; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology*; D007199:Indians, South American; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology
D012982:Sodium, Dietary