Document Type
Article
Abstract
206 men and women aged 20 years and over were studied in rural and urban populations in the Priangan Highlands, West Java, to assess the different effects of urinary sodium/potassium ratios and physique on blood pressure. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures increased with age, especially in the urban sample. The urinary sodium/potassium ratio was higher in the urban residents. Among individuals within the same group, no relationship was found between blood pressure and urinary sodium/potassium ratio, except in rural women. A significant correlation was found between blood pressure and the body mass index of individuals in the urban samples only.
Recommended Citation
Koyama, Hiroshi; Moji, Kazuhiko; and Suzuki, Shosuke
(1988)
"Blood Pressure, Urinary Sodium/Potassium Ratio and Body Mass Index in Rural and Urban Populations in West Java,"
Human Biology:
Vol. 60:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol60/iss2/8
