A study of blood pressure in relation to diet in Chinese and Caucasian students in New York city

Lowenstein, Frank W.

doi:10.1016/0002-8703(55)90075-2

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“…In the following discussion a com parison will be made between Ihe results obtained in this study and those of a previous study (8) ; in Ihe latter the author studied groups of North American and Chinese students in New York City.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Diet did not appear to be a determ inant among the Chinese in a previous study (8). However, it should be mentioned that the diet of the Brazilians was sim ilar to the diet of the Chinese in as m uch as it also contained consid erable am ounts of rice.…”

Section: Percentage O F Subjects W Ith Initial Blood Pressures Above mentioning

confidence: 60%

“…The blood pressure differential between the two sexes in the Brazilians is sim ilar to the differential in the Chinese which was m uch sm aller than in the North Americans (8). As in the obser vations m ade am ong the Chinese one m ay say th at males and fem ales in the Brazilian group are closer to each other constitu tionally and in blood pressure levels than they are in the North American Group.…”

Section: Percentage O F Subjects W Ith Initial Blood Pressures Above mentioning

confidence: 75%

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