Acculturation to Western Society as a Risk Factor for High Blood Pressure: A Meta-Analytic Review
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Psychosomatic Medicine
- Vol. 68 (3) , 386-397
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.psy.0000221255.48190.32
Abstract
Objective: A number of studies have documented that acculturation to western society is related to an increase in blood pressure (BP). Although there is evidence that higher socioeconomic status appears related to better cardiovascular health, increasing acculturation to western society appears related to worse cardiovascular health. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the association between acculturation and BP.Keywords
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