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Blood pressure and social class in a Jamaican community.

Author(s) -

William W. Dressler,

G A Grell,

Patrick Gallagher,

Fernando E. Viteri

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.6.714

Subject(s) - blood pressure , social class , respondent , demography , medicine , obesity , gerontology , psychology , sociology , political science , law

A study of social factors and blood pressure was conducted in a Jamaican community among a sample of 199 persons ages 30 to 50. After controlling for obesity, age, and respondent tension (and other covariates), interaction effects of social class x sex for systolic and diastolic blood pressure were found. Blood pressure increased with increasing social class for males and decreased with increasing social class for females.

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