Abstract
Stature, body weight, upper arm girth, skinf old thickness, specific gravity of blood, total serum cholesterol of blood, blood pressure, urine and retinal findings of villagers of 40 years and over are compared between Farm-village H (1, 176 persons) and Fishing-village K (645 persons) in relation to different mortalities from cerebrovascular disease. Mortality rate from cerebrovascular disease of 45-64 year-age group male and female is 41.4 per 10, 000 population in Farm-village H and 14, 0 in Fishing-village K in average of 5 years, 1958-1962. The results follow : 1. Stature, body weight and total serum cholesterol are significantly higher in Fishing-village K than in Farm-village H. 2. No significant difference of upper arm girth is found between both villages. Difference of specific gravity of blood is significant in male, and difference of skinf old thickness is significant in female; both are higher in Fishing-village K than in Farm-village H. 3. Both proportion of persons found glucosuria and proteinuria to examinee are higher in Farm-village H than in Fishing-village K. 4, No significant difference of systolic and diastolic blood pressure level is found between villagers of Farm-village H and of Fishing-village K. 5. As for findings in ocular fundi, notwithstanding no difference is found on the prevalence rate of sclerotic changes of retinal arterioles, that of hypertensive changes is significantly higher in the farm village than in the fishing village.
