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Table 1: Southern and Central America’s hunter-fishers-gatherers’ communities. |
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Ethnicity |
Kuna |
Kuna |
Yanomami Yekwana |
Tsimane |
Yanomami |
Xingu |
Carajas |
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Geographic place |
Ailigandi island, San Blas archipelago, off the Caribbean coast of Panama |
Ailigandi and Ticantiki, islands, San Blas archipelago, off the Caribbean coast of Panama |
Venezuela |
Bolivian Amazonia |
Brazilian Amazonia |
Brazilian Amazonia |
Amazon basin of tropical Northern Brazil, on the shores of two southern tributaries of the Amazon river |
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Number |
133 |
142 |
155 Yanomami: 72 Yekwana: 83 |
2,248 |
400 |
198 |
89 |
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Gender, % |
M: 39 F: 61 |
– |
Yanomami M: 54 F: 46 Yekwana M: 40 F: 60 |
F: 52.6 M: 47.4 |
F: 200 M: 200 |
– |
M: 46 F: 43 |
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Age [years] |
35-42 |
18-82 |
Yanomami: 22.4 Yekwana: 22.2 |
F: Normotensives: 38 Hypertensives: 66.5 M: Normotensives: 39.3 Hypertensives: 65.8 |
25-59 |
– |
16-61+ |
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SBP* |
– |
Yanomami: 95.4 ± 8.7 Yekwana: 104.0 ± 10.6 |
F: 108 M: 113 |
95.4 |
F: 96.2 M: 103.3 |
Age: 16-20 M: 109.5 F: 96.0 Age: 21-30 M: 109.8 F: 104.1 Age: 31-40 M: 107.3 F: 105.4 Age: 41-50 M: 100.9 F: 100 Age: 51-60 M: 109.0 F: 98.0 Age: > 61 M: 110.3 F: 108.0 |
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DBP* |
– |
Yanomami: 62.9 ± 8.5 Yekwana: 66.1 ±95 |
M: 70 F: 66 |
61.4 |
F: 61 M: 64.4 |
Age: 16-20 M: 72.5 F: 69 Age: 21-30 M: 72.9 F: 70.7 Age: 31-40 M: 70.5 F: 72.2 Age: 41-50 M: 69.1 F: 69.4 Age: 51-60 M: 70.3 F: 67.7 Age: > 61 M: 69.7 F: 64.7 |
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MBP* |
71.3 |
< 40 years: 81 ± 2 41-60 years: 77 ± 1 > 60 years: 80 ± 2 |
Yanomami: 73.7 Yekwana: 78.7 |
M: 84.3 F: 80 |
72.3 |
– |
Age: 16-20 M: 84.3 F: 78 Age: 21-30 M: 85.3 F: 82 Age: 31-40 M: 82.3 F: 83 Age: 41-50 M: 79.7 F: 79.3 Age: 51-60 M: 83 F: 78 Age: > 61 M: 83.3 F: 79.3 |
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HBP prevalence, % |
– |
2.2 |
– |
M: 5.2 F: 3.9 |
0 |
1 |
– |
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Reference |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
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SBP = systolic blood pressure. DBP = diastolic blood pressure. MBP = mean blood pressure, HBP = high blood pressure. * Data expressed in millimeters of mercury [mmHg]. |
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