Changes in blood pressure and lipids associated with rural to urban migration in Tanzania
| Autor: | K. G. M. M. Alberti, L Carlin, B Tamin, H Machibya, Nigel Unwin, Donald G McLarty, Terry J. Aspray, Mark Walker, Sheila K Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Population Dynamics Developing country Blood Pressure Rural Health Urban area Tanzania Urbanization Internal Medicine Medicine Humans Socioeconomics geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology business.industry Urban Health biology.organism_classification Lipid Metabolism Blood pressure Disease risk Female Rural area business Mixed pattern |
| Zdroj: | Journal of human hypertension. 20(9) |
| ISSN: | 0950-9240 |
| Popis: | High levels of rural to urban migration are a feature of most developing countries, and are thought to be associated with an increase in non-communicable disease risk factors. We studied rural to urban migrants in Tanzania and found a mixed pattern of change over 6 months, with an increase in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and weight, a fall in triglycerides and an apparent fall in blood pressure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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