Seedat Y K
S Afr Med J. 1982 Jun 19;61(25):965-7.
In a random house-to-house study of 1 000 Indians in Durban the prevalence of primary hypertension according to World Health Organization criteria was found to be 19% (females 22%, males 15%). This prevalence was higher than that in published data from India. Hypertension among Indians in South Africa was found to be closely associated with diabetes mellitus and obesity and to be more common in widows or separated people, in those from the lower socio-economic groups and in those with poor education. Hindu males were more commonly affected than Muslim males. Ischaemic heart disease was also found to be more common in Indians in South Africa than in those in India. Cardiovascular diseases are just as much an 'epidemic' among the Indians of South Africa as among the the Whites, and the 'epidemic' of ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and hypertensive disease is of more serious proportions in Indians than in Whites. It appears that emigrant Indian populations have a higher incidence of vascular disease than Indians in India. This is because of the combination of hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
在德班对1000名印度人进行的一项逐户随机研究中，根据世界卫生组织的标准，原发性高血压的患病率为19%（女性为22%，男性为15%）。这一患病率高于印度已公布的数据。研究发现，南非印度人的高血压与糖尿病和肥胖密切相关，在寡妇或分居者、社会经济地位较低的人群以及受教育程度较低的人群中更为常见。印度教男性比穆斯林男性更容易受到影响。还发现，南非印度人患缺血性心脏病的情况也比印度人更为普遍。心血管疾病在南非印度人群中与在白人中一样，都是一种“流行病”，而且缺血性心脏病、脑血管疾病和高血压疾病在印度人群中的“流行”程度比在白人中更为严重。看来，印度移民人群患血管疾病的发生率高于印度国内的印度人。这是高血压和糖尿病共同作用的结果。
