Poland and US collaborative study on cardiovascular epidemiology. III. Correlates of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in men and women aged 35-64 years from selected Polish rural, Polish urban, and US samples.
Three diverse samples of men and women aged 35-64 years living in urban Poland, rural Poland, and the United States are described and subsequently analyzed using systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure separately as dependent variables in multiple regression. Several demographic, behavioral, and biologic factors are included in the models as independent variables. Heart rate, Quetelet index, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the natural logarithm of triglycerides were statistically significant in accounting for variation in systolic pressure in men in all three samples, whereas only heart rate and Quetelet index were significant in women in all samples. In the analysis of diastolic pressure, Quetelet index, heart rate, and ethanol consumption were statistically significant in men in all three samples, while only Quetelet index and heart rate were significant in women in all samples.
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27516.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012423:Rural Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health
D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol