TY - JOUR
T1 - The incidence of hypertension and associated factors
T2 - The Israel ischemic heart disease study
AU - Kahn, Harold A.
AU - Medalie, Jack H.
AU - Neufeld, Henry N.
AU - Riss, Egon
AU - Goldbourt, Uri
PY - 1972/8
Y1 - 1972/8
N2 - In a study of male Israeli civil service workers, five-year incidence rates of hypertension (using the WHO definition) were found to increase with age and were higher for European-born subjects. Data are presented in support of a hypothesis that the size of the family group living together is inversely related to the risk of developing hypertension. Other factors found associated (at p <0.01 level) with hypertension incidence (all positively) were weight/height ratio, skinfolds, serum uric acid, pulse rate, cigarette smoking, and prolongation and suppression of feelings following conflicts in certain life situations. Other associated variables between the <0.01 and <0.05 levels are recorded and the fact is stressed that we are only at the beginning of an understanding of factors associated with hypertension incidence.
AB - In a study of male Israeli civil service workers, five-year incidence rates of hypertension (using the WHO definition) were found to increase with age and were higher for European-born subjects. Data are presented in support of a hypothesis that the size of the family group living together is inversely related to the risk of developing hypertension. Other factors found associated (at p <0.01 level) with hypertension incidence (all positively) were weight/height ratio, skinfolds, serum uric acid, pulse rate, cigarette smoking, and prolongation and suppression of feelings following conflicts in certain life situations. Other associated variables between the <0.01 and <0.05 levels are recorded and the fact is stressed that we are only at the beginning of an understanding of factors associated with hypertension incidence.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-8703(72)90331-6
DO - 10.1016/0002-8703(72)90331-6
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AN - SCOPUS:0015383890
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 84
SP - 171
EP - 182
JO - American Heart Journal
JF - American Heart Journal
IS - 2
ER -