Indian and Eskimo Metabolisms

Abstract

Metabolism tests were made on six male and seven female Chippewa Indians. The average metabolic values recorded for the males was +18.0% for the females it was +18.5%. Pulse rate and blood pressure both appear to be lower than they are for the American white population or the Eskimo, or Mayan Indian of Central America. The metabolism tests run on thirty male Eskimos from the region around Chesterfield Inlet, Canada, gave an average reading of +16.4% for the males and +29.0% for thirty-three females when the values above +40 are included; without the values above +40% the averages for the males are +14.5% and for the females they are +21.12%. The blood pressure for both the males and the females is lower than that of whites of corresponding age, the pulse rate corresponds rather closely to that of white individuals.