Blood pressure during pregnancy in Canadian Inuit: community differences related to diet.

• Main Authors: Popeski, D, Ebbeling, L R, Brown, P B, Hornstra, G, Gerrard, J M
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Research Article; Northwest Territories; Eskimo Point; Repulse Bay; Chesterfield Inlet; Sanikiluaq; Coral Harbour; Arviat; Baker Lake; eskimo*; inuit; Keewatin
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1335827; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1878826

OBJECTIVE: To assess a possible relation between the incidence of hypertension during pregnancy and the consumption of fatty acids found in fish and sea mammals. DESIGN: Retrospective survey of pregnancy-induced hypertension; prospective diet survey. SETTING: Inuit women from seven communities in th...