Epidemiological studies in a total highland population, Tukisenta, New Guinea
| Autor: | H. M. Whyte, P.F. Sinnett |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Creatinine Smoking pipe Epidemiology Vascular disease business.industry Population Physiology Renal function medicine.disease chemistry.chemical_compound Blood pressure Endocrinology Blood serum chemistry Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine medicine business education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Chronic Diseases. 26:265-290 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9681 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0021-9681(73)90031-3 |
| Popis: | A comprehensive survey of cardiovascular disease was carried out on 779 persons over 15 yr of age. Carbohydrate provided more than 90 per cent of caloric intake and the consumption of protein and salt were about 25 and 1 g daily, respectively. Drinking water was soft. The population was lean, physically fit and in good nutritional state. There was no increase with age in mean blood pressure, serum cholesterol (average 153 mg 100 ml ), fasting blood glucose or adiposity. Glucose tolerance was high. The average fasting serum triglyceride level was 142 mg 100 ml . Serum uric acid levels were not high. Pipe smoking was common. No diabetes or gout were found. There was a low prevalence of diagnosable cardiovascular diseases: hypertension, valvular disease, cardiac decompensation (mostly cor pulmonale) and cerebral and peripheral vascular disease. Ischemic heart diesase was rare if not absent as indicated by resting and post-exercise electrocardiograms. Rates for all codeable ECG items were low except low voltage and T wave changes (commonest in middle aged women). Age-related degenerative changes occurred, such as increasing diameter of the aorta and decreasing creatinine clearance, and the declining ECG voltage with age may be indicative of cardiac disease. |
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