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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 109, No. 3: 335-345
Copyright © 1979 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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BLOOD PRESSURE SURVEY ON THE NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION

FRANK DESTEFANO1, JOHN L. COULEHAN2, and M. KENNETH WIANT3

1 At the time of the survey, fourth year student, U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA
2 Department of Community Medicine, U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA
3 USPHS Indian Hospital Fort Defiance, AZ

Reprint requests should be sent to Dr. John L. Coulehan, Department of Community Medicine, M200 Scaife Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

The authors conducted blood pressure screening on the Navajo Indian reservation in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. Six hundred forty Navajos over 19 years of age were surveyed at various sites. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures in Navajo men and women did not show as great increases with age as those seen among white and black Americans. Navajos also had generally lower blood pressures and lower prevalence of hypertension than white and black Americans. The authors were unable to demonstrate any association between degree of acculturation and blood pressure, but they did find that obesity in both men and women and alcohol use In men were associated with a higher prevalence of elevated pressure In the Navajos.

acculturation; hypertension; Indians, North American; obesity


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