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Acculturation to Western Society as a Risk Factor for High Blood Pressure: A Meta-Analytic Review

Patrick R. Steffen, PhD, Timothy B. Smith, PhD, Michael Larson, BS and Leon Butler, BS

From the Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (P.R.S., T.B.S.); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (M.L.); Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama (L.B.).


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Figure 1. The largest effect sizes for acculturation on blood pressure were found among nonwesterners who migrated from their country of origin to a western society, indicating that large cultural changes are strongly associated with increases in blood pressure.

 

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Figure 2. The largest effects sizes for acculturation on blood pressure were observed within 3 years of acculturating. This provides support to the hypothesis that the stress of cultural change plays a significant role in the acculturation process.

 





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