| Title |
Inflammation and Infection Do Not Promote Arterial Aging and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Lean Horticulturalists
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006590 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Jeffrey Winking, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Jung Ki Kim, Caleb Finch, Eileen Crimmins |
| Abstract |
Arterial aging is well characterized in industrial populations, but scantly described in populations with little access to modern medicine. Here we characterize health and aging among the Tsimane, Amazonian forager-horticulturalists with short life expectancy, high infectious loads and inflammation, but low adiposity and robust physical fitness. Inflammation has been implicated in all stages of arterial aging, atherogenesis and hypertension, and so we test whether greater inflammation associates with atherosclerosis and CVD risk. In contrast, moderate to vigorous daily activity, minimal obesity, and low fat intake predict minimal CVD risk among older Tsimane. |
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| China | 1 | 5% |
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| Scientists | 4 | 18% |
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| Professor > Associate Professor | 11 | 9% |
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| Other | 21 | 16% |
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