dc.contributor.author | Poulter, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Khaw, K T | |
dc.contributor.author | Hopwood, B E | |
dc.contributor.author | Mugambi, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Peart, W S | |
dc.contributor.author | Rose, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Sever, P S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-21T13:17:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-21T13:17:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hypertension. 1984; 6: 810-813 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/6/6_Pt_1/810.short | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/37619 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6335133 | |
dc.description.abstract | Blood pressure (BP) and associated factors were determined in 1737 men in a remote Kenyan agricultural community. Systolic BP showed no significant rise with age until after 54 years; diastolic BP showed a small rise with age. Both systolic and diastolic BP correlated with weight independent of age. Systolic and diastolic BP correlated positively with casual urinary sodium/potassium and negatively with potassium/creatinine ratios. Both systolic and diastolic BP correlated significantly with the number of years of education, as did urinary sodium/potassium and sodium/creatinine ratios. Potassium/creatinine ratios were negatively correlated with the number of years of education. Blood pressure and urinary sodium/creatinine ratios were significantly lower in subsistence farmers compared with those in other occupations, and potassium/creatinine ratios were significantly higher. Two pilot studies of Luo tribesmen showed a strong correlation between casual urinary electrolyte ratios and those derived from 24-hour urine samples and a greater variance of sodium excretion between these people than that found within individuals. These results suggest that a relationship between BP and casual urine electrolyte estimations may be identifiable in communities where there is less day-to-day dietary variation. They also suggest that some of the changes in BP associated with urbanization could be mediated by changes in dietary electrolytes. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Univesity of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Blood pressure and associated factors in a rural Kenyan community. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |