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  • Title: Blood pressure studies in two Pacific populations with varying degrees of modernisation.
    Author: Zimmet P, Jackson L, Whitehouse S.
    Journal: N Z Med J; 1980 Apr 09; 91(657):249-52. PubMed ID: 6930587.
    Abstract:
    The prevalence of hypertension and the change in blood pressure with age were investigated in a Polynesian population (Tuvalu), and in a Micronesian population (Nauru) in the South Pacific region. Hypertension was present in 27.2 percent of the Nauruans and 11.1 percent of the Tuvaluans. Both population groups also showed a rise in mean blood pressure with increasing age--a phenomenon apparently absent in traditional-living populations of the world but present in western societies.
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