Effects of daily exercise on blood pressure, plasma glucose, and obesity measures in 55-64-year-old obese Asian Indian men: The Calcutta longitudinal study

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A longitudinal study was conducted in Calcutta, India to investigate the effects of daily exercise through brisk walking on blood pressure, plasma glucose and obesity measures in 55-64-year-old Asian Indian men. Results exhibited a decrease in blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose and obesity measures in middle-aged obese individuals irrespective of age, after completion of 20 weeks of a brisk walking program.

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Does the relationship of ambulatory blood pressure to position and location vary by age, sex, race/ethnicity, or body mass index?

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Ambulatory blood pressure is not significantly affected by age, gender, body mass index or race/ethnicity, when controlling for work and home locations. Differentiations in work and home blood pressures are affected by position and location, such as standing and sitting down. Age and race may be significant, however, in asleep and awake diastolic blood pressures.

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Age variation in blood pressure: effect of sex and urbanization in a genetically homogeneous caste population of Andhra Pradesh

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Blood pressure was studied in a genetically homogeneous caste population (Reddy) in Andhra Pradesh, India, to determine effects of age, sex and urbanization. For this population, hypertension risk in men is associated with an urban lifestyle, whereas age and obesity are associated more with hypertension in women.

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