Association between higher blood pressure level in children and adult blood pressure: 17 years follow-up results / 中华心血管病杂志
Chinese Journal of Cardiology
; (12): 229-231, 2008.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Essential hypertension may begin at childhood. The aim of this study is to identify the risk factors of hypertension and detect the evolvement tracking of blood pressure in childhood.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>In this study, we followed up blood pressure changes in 4623 school children (6 - 15 years-old) from 1987 to 2005 in Hanzhong rural area. A total of 152 children were grouped to higher blood pressure group [systolic blood pressure (P(SBP)) >or= 75(th) (P(75))] and 140 children grouped to normal blood pressure group [P(SBP) < 50(th) (P(50))] and their blood pressure were re-measure 18-years later.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total follow-up rate was 70.2%. Follow-up blood pressure was significantly higher in higher blood pressure group at baseline than that in normal blood pressure group at baseline (P < 0.05). The hypertension rate at follow up was significantly higher in higher blood pressure group at baseline than that in normal blood pressure group at baseline (28.0% vs. 4.1%, P < 0.01). The risk for hypertension was 6.88 greater in higher blood pressure group at baseline than that in normal blood pressure group at baseline.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Higher blood pressure at childhood is a risk of developing hypertension at adulthood.</p>
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Main subject:
Physiology
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Blood Pressure
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Blood Pressure Determination
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Risk Factors
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Follow-Up Studies
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Cardiology
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article