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Introduction
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990)
A basic premise of studies conducted in the 1950s and 1960s was that humans exhibited a uniform set of biological responses to the high altitude environment. Since then, investigations have been carried out in the North ...
Role of genetic and environmental factors in the increased blood pressures of Bolivian blacks
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999)
The tendency toward hypertension or higher blood pressure is more common in blacks than whites. The factors that account for these differences are attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. To clarify this issue, ...
Relationship of serum cholesterol and truncal body fat distribution among Mexican Americans is accentuated by obesity
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
The relationship of body fat distribution to serum cholesterol levels was evaluated in a sample of 3,040 Mexican Americans 18–74 years of age from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) conducted ...
Reduction in birth weight associated with smoking among young and older-age women
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990)
This study examined the combined effects of maternal smoking and maternal age on birth weight. A sample of 1,851 white, full-term infants (37 to 42 weeks) born to primiparous mothers ranging in age from 18 to 41 years was ...
Small for gestational age associated with short stature during adolescence
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
This study examined the relationship between intrauterine growth retardation and adolescent stature in a sample of 1510 White subjects (754 males and 756 females) who were evaluated at birth and at the ages of 15, 16, and ...
Obesity, growth and development
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Developmental, genetic, and environmental components of lung volumes at high altitude
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1997)
Vital capacity and residual lung volume (in terms of 1/min or ml/m 2 of body surface area) of 357 subjects (205 males, 152 females) was evaluated in La Paz, Bolivia, situated at 3,750 m. The sample included: (1) 37 high ...
Reduced rate of fat oxidation: A metabolic pathway to obesity in the developing nations
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The purpose of this article is to document the metabolic and environmental factors associated with the increased frequency of obesity in the developing nations. While the prevalence of obesity in the developed countries ...