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© 1976 Oxford University Press

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The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Prevalence of Various Conditions Before Migration

J. M. STANHOPE1,3 and I. A. M. PRIOR2

1Senior Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Unit, Wellington Hospital Wellington, New Zealand.
2Director, Epidemiology Unit, Wellington Hospital Wellington, New Zealand.

3Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. J. M. Stanhope.

Stanhope, J. M. (Epidemiology Unit, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand), and Prior, I. A. M. The Tokelau Island migrant study: prevalence of various conditions before migration. International Journal of Epidemiology 1976, 5: 259–266.

The Tokelau Island Migrant Study has shown no important differences between those who subsequently left their home islands to migrate to New Zealand and those who remained, in key anthropometric and biochemical variables already reported. This comparison is now extended to various common diseases and conditions, and again no major difference emerges. The Tokelauans are compared with other Polynesians and shown to have less diabetes, hypertension, effort pain, chronic bronchitis and varicose veins than New Zealand Maoris, while resembling some Cook Island groups. Changes in prevalences of some conditions following migration are postulated.

Received 4 June 1976


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