Advanced search
Publication Cover
Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Volume 62, 2002 - Issue 6
Submit an article Journal homepage
40
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Twenty-four-hour blood pressure among Greenlanders and Danes: relationship to diet and lifestyle

M. E. Jørgensen Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
,
M. B. Pedersen Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
,
C. Siggaard Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
,
T. B. Sørensen Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
,
G. Mulvad Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
,
J. C. Hansen Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
,
H. Skjoldborg Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
&
E. B. Pedersen Department of Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland; Research Laboratory of Nephrology and Hypertension, Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre of Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland; Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Centre, Gentofte, Denmark
 show all
Pages 413-422 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

  • Bjerregaard P, Dyerberg J. Mortality from ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease in Greenland. Int J Epidemiol 1988; 17: 514-9.
  • Bjerregaard P, Bjerregaard B. Disease pattern in Upernavik in relation to housing conditions and social group. Man & Soc 1985; 8: 1-20.
  • Kromann N, Green A. Epidemiological studies in the Upernavik district, Greenland. Incidence of some chronic diseases 1950-1974. Acta Med Scand 1980; 208: 401-6.
  • Sagild U, Jespersen CS, Littauer J. Hjertesygdomme pâ Granland. Nord Med 1966; 75: 716.
  • Mikkelsen F. Coronary heart disease in Greenland. Nord Council Arch Med Res 1974; 7: 36-9.
  • Dyerberg J. Coronary heart disease in Greenland Inuit: a paradox. Implications for western diet patterns. Arctic Med Res 1989; 48: 47-54.
  • Kannel WB. Blood pressure as a cardiovascular risk factor prevention and treatment. See Comments. JAMA 1996; 276: 1036-7 and JAMA 1996;275: 1571-6.
  • Simpler LB. Blodtrykket hos polareskimoer (Blood pressure in polar eskimos). Ugeskr Laeger 1976; 138: 1757-8.
  • Ehrström M. Medical studies in North Greenland 1948-1948, blood pressure. Hypertension and arteriosclerosis in relation to food and mode of living. Acta Med Scand 1951; 140: 416-22.
  • Bang H, Dyerberg J. Arktiske blodtryk. Ugeskr Laeger 1976; 138: 2503.
  • Bjerager P, Kromann N, Thygesen K, Harvald B. Blodtryk hos Gronlaendere (Blood pressure in Greenland eskimos). Ugeskr Laeger 1980; 142: 2278-80.
  • Tracy RE, Mulvad G, Pederson HS, JuI E, Bjerregaard P, Newman WP. Blood pressure in people in Greenland assessed by measuring renovasculopathies of hypertension at autopsy. Am J Hypertens 1996; 9: 560-5.
  • Hoegholm A, Kristensen KS, Madsen NH, Svendsen TL. White coat hypertension diagnosed by 24-h ambulatory monitoring. Examination of 159 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens 1992; 5: 64-70.
  • Pickering TG, James GD, Boddie C, Harshfield GA, Blank S, Laragh JH. How common is white coat hypertension. JAMA 1988; 259: 225-8.
  • Parati G, Pomidossi G, Albini F, Malaspina D, Mancia G. Relationship of 24-hour blood pressure mean and variability to severity of target-organ damage in hypertension. J Hypertens 1987; 5: 93-8.
  • Perloff D, Sokolow M, Cowan R. The prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressures. JAMA 1983; 249: 2792-8.
  • Hoegholm A, Kristensen KS, Bang LE, Nielsen JW, Nielsen WB, Madsen NH. Left ventricular mass and geometry in patients with established hypertension and white coat hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1993; 6:282-6.
  • O'Brien E. Automated blood pressure measurement: state of the market in 1998 and the need for an international validation protocol for blood pressure measuring devices. Blood Press Monit 1998:3:205-11.
  • Wiinberg N, Hoegholm A, Christensen HR, Bang LE, Mikkelsen KL, Nielsen PE, Svendsen TL, Kampmann JP, Madsen NH, Bentzon MW. 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in 352 normal Danish subjects, related to age and gender. Am J Hypertens 1995; 8: 978-86.
  • Bjerregaard P, Young TK. The circumpolar Inuit: health of a population in transition. Copenhagen: Munksgaard; 1998
  • Adler AI, Boyko EJ, Schraer CD, Murphy NJ. Lower prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes associated with daily seal oil or salmon consumption among Alaska natives. Diabetes Care 1994; 17: 1498-501.
  • Gerrard J, Popeski D, Ebbeling L, Brown P, Hornstra G. Dietary Omega 3 fatty acids and gestational hypertension in the Inuit. Arctic Med Res 1991; Suppl: 763-7.
  • Mortensen JZ, Schmidt EB, Nielsen AH, Dyerberg J. The effect of N-6 and N-3 pdyunsaturated fatty acids on hemostasis, blood lipids and blood pressure. Thromb Haemost 1983; 50: 543-6.
  • Bjerregaard P, Pedersen HS, Mulvad G. The associations of a marine diet with plasma lipids, blood glucose, blood pressure and obesity among the Inuit in Greenland. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000; 54:732 - 7.
  • Bjerregaard P, Mulvad G, Pedersen HS. Cardiovascular risk factors in Inuit of Greenland. Int J Epidemiol 1997; 26: 1182-90.
  • Schraer CD, Ebbesson SO, Boyko E, Nobmann E, Adler A, Cohen J. Hypertension and diabetes among Siberian Yupik eskimos of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Public Health Rep 1996; 111 Suppl 2: 51 -2.
  • Murphy NJ, Schraer CD, Theile MC, Boyko EJ, Bulkow LR, Doty BJ, Lanier AP. Hypertension in Alaska natives: association with overweight, glucose intolerance, diet and mechanized activity. Ethn Health 1997; 2: 267-75.
  • Torrey EF, Reiff FM, Noble GR. Hypertension among Aleuts. Am J Epidemiol 1979; 110: 7-14.
  • Young TK, Moffatt ME, O'Neil JD. Cardiovascular diseases in a Canadian Arctic population. Am J Public Health 1993; 83: 881-7.
  • de Knijff P, Johansen LG, Rosseneu M, Frants RR, Jespersen J, Havekes LM. Lipoprotein profile of a Greenland Inuit population. Influence of anthropometric variables, Apo E and A4 polymorphism, and lifestyle. Arterioscler Thromb 1992; 12: 1371-9.
  • Hegele RA, Young TK, Connelly PW. Are Canadian Inuit at increased genetic risk for coronary heart disease? J MoI Med 1997; 75: 364-70.
  • Boudreau DA, Scheer WD, Malcom GT, Mulvad G, Pedersen HS, JuI E. Apolipoprotein E and atherosclerosis in Greenland Inuit. Atherosclerosis 1999; 145:207-19.
  • Broussard BA, Valway SE, Kaufman S, Beaver S, Gohdes D. Clinical hypertension and its interaction with diabetes among American Indians and Alaska natives. Estimated rates from ambulatory care data. Diabetes Care 1993; 16: 292-6.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.