1. In 404 male steelmill workers blood pressure and body weight were followed for 15–25 years and their relationships analysed.
2. It appears that age on average has a negligible influence on diastolic pressure and has a positive influence on systolic pressure only after 45 years of age.
3. In contrast to this, weight gain influences both pressures positively regardless of age.
Keywords:
blood pressure,
age,
body weight,
coronary heart disease,
distribution curves,
male,
steelmill
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1994
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