Range of Normal Blood Pressure

Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension

“…This relation is found not only in the common forms of obesity but also in the obesity of Cushing's syndrome and in cortical hyperadrenia. Under-average body weight is associated with under-average levels of the blood pressure (Symonds, 1923Huber, 1927Robinson, Brucer, and Mass, 1940). Over-average blood pressures in children of over-average weight is also reported (Stocks and Karn, 1924;Short and Johnson, 1939).…”

“…Obesity Obesity is statistically associated with over-average bloodpressure levels (Dublin, Fisk, and Kopf, 1925;Huber, 1927;Hartman and Ghrist, 1929;Kirk, 1931 ;Nuzum and Elliot, 1931;Short and Johnson, 1939;Robinson, Brucer, and Mass, 1940;Adlersberg, Coler, and Laval, 1946). This relation is found not only in the common forms of obesity but also in the obesity of Cushing's syndrome and in cortical hyperadrenia.…”

“…Over-average blood pressures in children of over-average weight is also reported (Stocks and Karn, 1924;Short and Johnson, 1939). Manifest essential hypertension is also more frequent in the obese (Symonds, 1923;Terry, 1923;Dublin, Fisk, and Kopf, 1925;Barach, 1928;Master and Oppenheimer, 1929;Gager, 1930;Kirk, 1931 ;Nuzum and Elliot, 1931 ;Palmer, 1931 ;Short and Johnson, 1939;Robinson, Brucer, and Mass, 1940;Rony, 1940;Moschcowitz, 1945;Adlersberg, Coler, and Laval, 1946). Essential hypertension and obesity are to some extent genetically determined (Gates, 1946), although the relationship between them is scarcely understood (O'Hare, Walker, and Vickers, 1924;Page and Corcoran, 1945).…”

A Study of Blood Pressure and Body Measurements in Medical Students in the Brazilian Amazon City of Belem

“…They are a younger group, but as a difference of 6-9 years at the third decade of life does not influence blood pressure levels appreciably (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14), one may be justified in consid ering this age difference as unim portant. Since it has been shown that the Brazilians are of sim ilar body build to the Chinese this would seem to support the results of previous studies (15)(16)(17)(18) in dicating body build as one of the determ inants of blood pressure levels.…”

The Physical Examination of Two Thousand Cases of Neurosis

“…They appear to form a definite group by reason of their somatic symptoms, yet reference to the psychiatric diagnoses in these cases shows that they consist of precisely the same mixture of conditions as the other groups-namely, anxiety neurosis, psychopathic personality, emotional instability, and hysteria. Blood Pressure Our conception of " normal" blood pressure is founded upon certain classical studies of large numbers of subjects (Symonds, 1923;Janeway, 1913;Alvarez, 1923;Robinson and Brucer, 1939) which established the belief that a systolic pressure as high as 150 mm. Hg.…”