Relation between vegetarian/nonvegetarian diets and blood pressure in black and white adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11034121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C L Melby, Christopher Melby (0000-0003-2478-1844, Purdue University West Lafayette), D G Goldflies, Gerald C Hyner, Roseann M Lyle |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1283-1288 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.79.9.1283 |
| PMID | 2764208 |
| OpenAlex | W2072041865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
We examined the possible interaction of race and diet on blood pressure (BP) in volunteer Black Seventh Day Adventists compared to volunteer White church members. Height, weight, waist and hip circumference, and resting seated BP were recorded in Black vegetarians (n = 55; age: 54.7 +/- 16.9 yrs), Black nonvegetarians (n = 59; 56.1 +/- 14.1 yrs), White vegetarians (n = 164; 52.2 +/- 16.7 yrs), and White nonvegetarians (n = 100; 52.6 +/- 15.6 yrs) attending a regional conference. Forty-four percent of the Black nonvegetarians were medicated hypertensives, compared to only 18 percent of the Black vegetarians, 7 percent of the White vegetarians, and 22 percent of the White nonvegetarians. Black vegetarians exhibited lower age and sex-adjusted systolic BP (means = 122.9/74.4 mm Hg) than Black nonvegetarians (means = 132.2/75.9 mm Hg). After further adjusting BP for body mass index and waist/hip ratio, the systolic BP among Black vegetarians remained lower (122.8) than Black nonvegetarians (129.7) but higher than that of the Whites who showed no diet-related BP differences
Biology · Black female · Black male · Blood pressure · Body mass index · Negroid · Volunteer · Waist · White (mutation) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Demography · Diet and metabolism studies · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 1992 - 1999 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |