Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (49)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by KHAW, K.-T.
Right arrow Articles by ROSE, G
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by KHAW, K.-T.
Right arrow Articles by ROSE, G
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1982 Oxford University Press

research-article

Population Study of Blood Pressure and Associated Factors in St Lucia, West Indies

KAY-TEE KHAW* and G ROSE{dagger}

* Department of Epidemiology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W2.
{dagger} London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1.

Khaw K-T (Department of Epidemiology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W2) and Rose G. Population study of blood pressure and associated factors in St Lucia, West Indies. International Journal of Epidemiology 1982, 11: 372–377.

A population survey of blood pressure in St Lucia, West Indies has confirmed that high blood pressure constitutes an important public health problem. In common with other studies blood pressure was found to be significantly correlated with body weight, possibly by a primary effect on diastolic pressure. Blood pressure was also significantly correlated with casual urinary sodium/potassium and potassium/creatinine ratios in those under 45 years of age. This unexpected finding suggests that casual urinary electrolyte estimations may in some circumstances be a useful guide to intake, perhaps especially in populations with more stable intakes. An independent role of potassium in the aetiology of high blood pressure would have important public health implications.

Revised 1 March 1982


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am. J. Clin. Nutr.Home page
K.-T. Khaw, S. Bingham, A. Welch, R. Luben, E. O'Brien, N. Wareham, and N. Day
Blood pressure and urinary sodium in men and women: the Norfolk Cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk)
Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, November 1, 2004; 80(5): 1397 - 1403.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
W. W. Dressler
Social and Cultural Influences in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review
Transcultural Psychiatry, January 1, 1984; 21(1): 5 - 42.
[PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.