BEYOND OUR MEANS - PATTERNS OF VARIABILITY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS

被引：14

作者：

HIMMELSTEIN, DU

LEVINS, R

WOOLHANDLER, S

机构：

[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH PUBL HLTH,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138

[2] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE HOSP,SCH MED,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES | 1990年 / 20卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.2190/BKDL-N7DB-BDW8-DPYY

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

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摘要：

Epidemiologists usually employ measures of variability of physiological traits such s blood pressure and choletesterol only to determine confidence intervals or statistical significance. For evolutionary biologists population variability per se has proven of interest. This article explores the applicability of this perspective to the analysis of human physiology, using data from the Framingham Heart Disease Study and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. The nonrandom patterns of variability observed suggest that examination of the degree and pattern of heterogeneity within a population may provide information not evident from the analysis of mean values.

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页码：115 / 124

页数：10