A Mathematical Model of Aging Processes. IV. A Multivariate Analysis of Blood Pressure in a Montreal and a Utah Population

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Two populations, one Montreal-and one Utah-based, were studied with respect to heart disease risk factors on a cross-sectional basis. The Utah population afforded consistently lower mean blood pressures than the montreal population, although there was no evidence that the Utah population was less obese, or had a lower pulse rate. Also, in the Utah population, it was found that the proportion of persons with a family history of heart disease did not differ significantly in the hyper-and normo-tensive groups. Fourteen parameters were investigated in the montreal population, and the analyses indicated that, when other variables are controlled, age, pulse rate, some measure of serum lipid levels, and a family history of heart disease generally assist in the discrimination between the hyper-and normo-tensive groups, but the obesity measurement did not. In that sense, obesity, on its own, may not be considered a risk factor for hypertension.

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