A medical survey of Bombay Parsis
reveals the risk factors that lead to higher
blood pressure at a younger age
Over 40% of Parsis had blood pressure (BP) higher than the recommended levels of 120/80. Of these, more than 20% had blood pressure over 140/90 and are at high risk of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. These were the findings of the study carried out by Dr Hitakshi Sehgal for her doctoral thesis titled, "Single Ethnicity Study of High BP (SESHBP) and local neighborhood environments in Parsi Population in Mumbai” (see "Housing and health,” Parsiana, August 7, 2018). The findings were submitted to the University of Minnesota in May and earned the medical researcher and homeopath her PhD.
The study included 1,530......