[Blood pressure in 6 Yanomami villages]. / Pressão arterial em seis aldeias Yanomami.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 56(6): 477-82, 1991 Jun.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1823749
PURPOSE: To investigate in Yanomami Indians that not add salt to food, the relationship between blood pressure (BP), biological variables (age, body weight, height and pulse) and urinary electrolytes (Na+, K+, Ca++ and Mg++). PATIENT AND METHODS: We studied 125 males and 129 females from six villages on Surucuru plateau and on Catrimani and Ajarani rivers region in the state of Roraima, north Brazil. Two BP measurements were made and the mean of them were used in data analysis. RESULTS: None hypertensive was found. Systolic BP decreased with age and correlated with body weight, pulse and urinary Na+. Diastolic BP only correlated with body weight. Height, urinary K+, Ca++ and Mg++ did not correlate with BP. CONCLUSION: There was no hypertension nor increase of BP with increasing age in these isolated Yanomami.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pressão Sanguínea
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Indígenas Sul-Americanos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article