Journal article
Part II: Modernization effects on familial aggregation of Samoan blood pressure: A preliminary report
Medical anthropology, v 4(3), pp 321-338
01 Jun 1980
Abstract
Familial correlations of blood pressure corrected for age, sex, and body weight are described in, and compared among, four Samoan samples which differ in exposure to modern life. An initial assessment of the genetic effects on blood pressure variation is performed in the most traditional sample. The juvenile sibling correlation of systolic pressure increases with modernization, whereas the adult sibling systolic correlation decreases with modernization. It is suggested that there is an increased interfamilial and decreased intrafamilial variation in environment as modernization increases. The preliminary estimate of the additive genetic effects, .25, is discussed in terms of the environmental variation in traditional life.
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- Title
- Part II: Modernization effects on familial aggregation of Samoan blood pressure: A preliminary report
- Creators
- Stephen T. McGarvey - University of Hawaii SystemDiana E. Schendel - Pennsylvania State UniversityPaul T. Baker - Pennsylvania State University
- Publication Details
- Medical anthropology, v 4(3), pp 321-338
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33749430143
- Other Identifier
- 991021463690804721