Determinants of blood pressure changes due to urbanization: a longitudinal study - PubMed

Affiliations

• PMID: 2856743

Determinants of blood pressure changes due to urbanization: a longitudinal study

N R Poulter et al. J Hypertens Suppl. 1985 Dec.

Abstract

Changes in blood pressure (BP) and associated factors which occur on migration from a rural to an urban environment are under observation in a longitudinal study. Blood pressures, heart rate (HR), urinary electrolytes, sociological and anthropometric data are recorded at 0, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months following migration and compared with a cohort of age and sex-matched rural based controls. Data from the first 6 months' follow-up reveal that the migrants' BPs are higher and tend to rise compared with controls, in whom BP falls progressively with time. Changes in body weight and dietary electrolytes appear to explain some of the BP differences, while differences in pulse rates between groups suggest that a further mechanism operative through the autonomic nervous system is responsible for some of the elevation of systolic BP shown amongst migrants, particularly on arrival in the urban area.

Similar articles

• Descriptive epidemiology of blood pressure in a rural adult population in Northern Ghana.

  Kunutsor S, Powles J. Kunutsor S, et al. Rural Remote Health. 2009 Apr-Jun;9(2):1095. Epub 2009 Jun 5. Rural Remote Health. 2009. PMID: 19508111

• Diabetes, obesity and hypertension in urban and rural people of bedouin origin in the United Arab Emirates.

  el Mugamer IT, Ali Zayat AS, Hossain MM, Pugh RN. el Mugamer IT, et al. J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Dec;98(6):407-15. J Trop Med Hyg. 1995. PMID: 8544223

• Prevalence of sustained hypertension and obesity in urban and rural school going children in Ludhiana.

  Mohan B, Kumar N, Aslam N, Rangbulla A, Kumbkarni S, Sood NK, Wander GS. Mohan B, et al. Indian Heart J. 2004 Jul-Aug;56(4):310-4. Indian Heart J. 2004. PMID: 15586739

• Determinants of blood pressure in the first decades of life.

  Grobbee DE, van Hooft IM, de Man SA. Grobbee DE, et al. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1990;16 Suppl 7:S71-4. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1990. PMID: 1708031 Review.

• Geography of blood pressure and hypertension.

  Marmot MG. Marmot MG. Br Med Bull. 1984 Oct;40(4):380-6. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072008. Br Med Bull. 1984. PMID: 6398110 Review. No abstract available.

Cited by

• Effects of parental history of hypertension and urbanization on blood pressure in Zimbabweans.

  Sherman JJ, McCubbin JA, Matenga J. Sherman JJ, et al. Int J Behav Med. 1998;5(1):48-62. doi: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0501_4. Int J Behav Med. 1998. PMID: 16250715

• An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: a socio-cultural perspective.

  BeLue R, Okoror TA, Iwelunmor J, Taylor KD, Degboe AN, Agyemang C, Ogedegbe G. BeLue R, et al. Global Health. 2009 Sep 22;5:10. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-5-10. Global Health. 2009. PMID: 19772644 Free PMC article.

• Rural-to-urban migration and risk of hypertension: longitudinal results of the PERU MIGRANT study.

  Bernabe-Ortiz A, Sanchez JF, Carrillo-Larco RM, Gilman RH, Poterico JA, Quispe R, Smeeth L, Miranda JJ. Bernabe-Ortiz A, et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2017 Jan;31(1):22-28. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2015.124. Epub 2016 Feb 11. J Hum Hypertens. 2017. PMID: 26865219 Free PMC article.

• Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement.

  Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi GN, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI. Siddharthan T, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Sep;34(9):1506-13. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015. PMID: 26355052 Free PMC article. Review.

• Differential susceptibility to hypertension is due to selection during the out-of-Africa expansion.

  Young JH, Chang YP, Kim JD, Chretien JP, Klag MJ, Levine MA, Ruff CB, Wang NY, Chakravarti A. Young JH, et al. PLoS Genet. 2005 Dec;1(6):e82. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010082. Epub 2005 Dec 30. PLoS Genet. 2005. PMID: 16429165 Free PMC article.

Publication types

MeSH terms