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S. C. ROBINSON, M.D.; MARSHALL BRUCER, S.B.

Arch Intern Med. 1940;66(2):393-417.

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Thus far there has been no conclusive proof in the medical literature that there is a correlation between body build and blood pressure. There are many authors who have stated with considerable positiveness that there is no relation. Bauer¹ and Braun² observed no characteristic build among hypertensive persons, and Hay³ stated that both thin persons and those of the sthenic habitus are susceptible to hypertension. Alvarez and Stanley⁴ stated: "There is no correlation with height or with the degree of stockiness or ranginess. Contrary, then, to the general impression, thick-set, stocky men are apparently no more likely to develop hypertension than are their tall, thin, asthenic-looking brethren."

Those who have contended that there is a correlation between body build and blood pressure have arrived at their conclusions through an impression of total weight rather than through one of the size of the skeletal frame, and generally without sufficient anthropometric and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University.

Footnotes
A portion of this material was presented at the Scientific Exhibit at the Ninetieth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, St. Louis, May 15-19, 1939.

The statistical and clerical work was done with the aid of the Work Projects Administration under the sponsorship of the Institute for Juvenile Research, Dr. Paul L. Schroeder, director.

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