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Biohistory of slavery and blood pressure differences ... - NCBI
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by TW Wilson - ‎1991 - ‎Cited by 139 - ‎Related articles
However, genetic factors that explain the higher average blood pressure levels of ... The published historical evidence on the transatlantic slave trade and New World ... Because the major causes of death were salt-depletive diseases such as ...The slavery hypothesis for hypertension among African ...
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by PD Curtin - ‎1992 - ‎Cited by 75 - ‎Related articles
The slavery hypothesis for hypertension has stated that the high blood ... that supplied slaves for the Americas; second, the trauma of the slave trade itself; thirdBiohistory of Slavery and Blood Pressure Differences in ...
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by TW Wilson - ‎1991 - ‎Cited by 139 - ‎Related articles
However, genetic factors that explain the higher average blood pressure levels of ... The published historical evidence on the transatlantic slave trade and New World slavery (from ... Because the major causes of death were salt-depletive diseases such as diarrhea, ..... from the ships, 10-30% or more did not survive theOprah's unhealthy mistake - latimes
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May 17, 2007 - This speculates that the disproportionately high hypertension rate among African Americans today is an evolutionary byproduct of the slave trade. ... studies show that stressful environments and situations raise blood pressure. ... Only a buried-The Anatomy of a Medical Myth
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... for racial differences in the frequencies of genetic variants that cause diseases. ... Because sodium metabolism plays a key role in blood pressure regulation, many ... to be compelling historical data on African salt-scarcity and high slave-[PDF]THE SLAVERY HYPERTENSION HYPOTHESIS ...
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by GJ Armelagos - ‎2005 - ‎Cited by 9 - ‎Related articles
eases that caused diarrhea and vomiting. The hypothe- ... salt; there is a rise in their blood pressure of as much as five points ... into the transatlantic slave trade, thrusting them “into a ..... thesis may “have the legs [it does] because at best.[PDF]The Impact of Salt, Slavery, and Selection - iSites - Harvard ...
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by DM Cutler - ‎2005 - ‎Cited by 8 - ‎Related articles
Mar 1, 2005 - individuals, however, this regulation does not fully occur. The extent to ... Salt sensitivity is a leading cause of hypertension. Weinberger .... Blacks from the slave trade have higher blood pressure than whites and than blacks in ...Could high blood pressure be linked to slavery? | The Voice ...
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Jul 3, 2011 - Turmoil of the slave trade could have played a role, says expert ... trauma of these conditions caused slaves to develop a higher prevalence of ...Slavery Hypertension Hypothesis – FREE Slavery ...
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Slavery Hypertension Hypothesis – Encyclopedia.com has Slavery Hypertension ... before chronic high blood pressure (hypertension) was even recognized as a serious ... For example, Philip Curtin, a historian of the slave trade on whose work Grim had ... but that what little evidence did exist directly contradicted the theory.African Americans and High Blood Pressure
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... lower plasma renin levels. But how did these researchers come to this theory? We have to go back into black history...the slave trade. .... to the enlargement of adrenal cortex. African Americans on average have lower plasma renin levels.