title: Blood pressure in Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: comparison with resident Israelis.
abstract: Blood pressure was examined in 483 Ethiopian immigrants a few weeks after their arrival in Israel. The results were compared with those from a group of 171 Ethiopian immigrants who came to Israel 2-3 years earlier. Mean blood pressure was significantly higher in the veteran immigrants, whose weight was also greater. Both groups had lower blood pressure than the resident Israeli population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine D, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knecht
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Goldbourt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D007557:Israel; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged