The mean serum cholesterol of 842 men aged 19 to 53 years was 214.4 mg. per 100 ml., S.D. 40.9. There was some dependence of cholesterol value on age. Men from 4 of the 43 villages studied had values significantly higher and men from 10 of the villages had values significantly lower than the mean. Average blood pressures in mm. Hg were systolic 126.9, diastolic 74.3 and pulse 52.6. There was a low correlation of mean blood pressure with age, and some geographic variation. There was little or no correlation between mean blood pressure and serum cholesterol. Cholesterol values resembled those obtained in the United States and blood pressure was slightly higher.
Notes
From: Fortuine, Robert et al. 1993. The Health of the Inuit of North America: A Bibliography from the Earliest Times through 1990. University of Alaska Anchorage. Citation number 998.
Cited in: Fortuine, Robert. 1968. The Health of the Eskimos: a bibliography 1857-1967. Dartmouth College Libraries. Citation number 1013.