Simpson F O, Waal-Manning H J, Bolli P, Spears G F
N Z Med J. 1978 Jul 12;88(615):1-4.
Blood pressure and heart rate were measured in 1,206 adult inhabitants of Milton, about 82 percent of the adult population. Mean blood pressure for the various 10 year age groups was very similar to that found in other comparable societies. There was quite a high prevalence of blood pressure levels of 160/95 mmHg or over, especially in the older age groups. Blood pressure was lower in young women than in young men but rose more steeply with age in women than in men, so that in old age it was higher in women than men even though antihypertensive treatment was much more common in the women. Heart rate was higher in women than in men; in both sexes, heart rate correlated strongly with blood pressure. Quetelet's index (weight/height) also correlated strongly with blood pressure; this suggests once again that the amount of hypertension in the community might be reduced if body weight could be kept at desirable levels.
对米尔顿1206名成年居民（约占成年人口的82%）进行了血压和心率测量。各10岁年龄组的平均血压与其他可比社会群体中发现的情况非常相似。血压水平在160/95 mmHg及以上的患病率相当高，尤其是在老年人群体中。年轻女性的血压低于年轻男性，但女性血压随年龄增长的上升幅度比男性更大，因此在老年时，即使女性中抗高血压治疗更为普遍，女性的血压仍高于男性。女性的心率高于男性；在两性中，心率与血压都密切相关。奎特利指数（体重/身高）也与血压密切相关；这再次表明，如果能将体重保持在理想水平，社区中的高血压病例数量可能会减少。
