Authors: Walker A R P Faith Walker B Daya L Ncongwane J
Publish Date: 1980/01/01
Volume: 74, Issue: 5, Pages: 595-600
Abstract
A R P Walker B Faith Walker L Daya J Ncongwane Blood pressures of South African Black adolescents aged 16 to 17 years Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 74 Issue 5 1980 Pages 595–600 https//doiorg/101016/0035920380901479In South Africa in urban but not rural areas hypertension is far more common in Black than in White adults To throw light on this adverse situation blood pressures are being determined in various segments of Black populations in the present instance on series of school pupils aged 16 to 17 years in rural and urban areas Mean data lay within the ranges of means published for Black children in the USA and for White children in the USA and elsewhere Neither level of salt nor of sugar intake appeared influential the same applied to obesity Evidently the noxious factors which promote the excessively high frequencies of hypertension in urban Black adults are not yet in operation in young adolescents
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