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Table 3: Asian hunter-fisher-gatherers communities. |
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Ethnicity |
Negrito |
Lau |
Aita |
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Geographic place |
Peninsular Malaysia |
Northeast Malaita islets, Solomon Islands. Oceania |
Bougainville island mountains, Solomon Islands, Oceania |
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Number |
Deep forest communities: 197 |
178 |
169 |
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Gender‡ |
M: 43.2 F: 56.8 |
M: 77 F: 101 |
M: 81 F: 88 |
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Age (years) |
18-80 |
15-65 |
18-64 |
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Systolic blood pressure* |
Deep forest communities: 130 ± 23 |
M: 122 ± 3.5 F: 128 ± 3.2 |
M: 111 ± 3.1 F: 106 ± 3.9 |
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Diastolic blood pressure* |
Deep forest communities: 84 ± 15 |
M: 81 ± 3.2 F: 83 ± 3.7 |
M: 72 ± 1.9 F: 67 ± 5.1 |
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Mean blood pressure* |
Deep forest communities: 99.3 |
– |
– |
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High blood pressure prevalence‡ |
39.2 ± 7.0 |
M: 7.8 F: 9.9 |
M: 0 F: 0 |
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Reference |
14 |
31 |
31 |
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* Data expressed in millimeters of mercury [mmHg]. ‡ Data expressed as a percentage. |
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