Zimmet P, Jackson L, Whitehouse S
N Z Med J. 1980 Apr 9;91(657):249-52.
The prevalence of hypertension and the change in blood pressure with age were investigated in a Polynesian population (Tuvalu), and in a Micronesian population (Nauru) in the South Pacific region. Hypertension was present in 27.2 percent of the Nauruans and 11.1 percent of the Tuvaluans. Both population groups also showed a rise in mean blood pressure with increasing age--a phenomenon apparently absent in traditional-living populations of the world but present in western societies.
在南太平洋地区的一个波利尼西亚人群（图瓦卢）和一个密克罗尼西亚人群（瑙鲁）中，对高血压患病率以及血压随年龄的变化情况进行了调查。瑙鲁人中有27.2%患有高血压，图瓦卢人中有11.1%患有高血压。这两个人群的平均血压也都随着年龄的增长而升高——这种现象在世界上传统生活的人群中显然不存在，但在西方社会中存在。
