Salt-Sensitivity and Developement of Blood Pressure From Adolescents to Youth / 中华高血压杂志
Chinese Journal of Hypertension
; (12)2007.
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ABSTRACT
Objective To study the effects of salt sensitivity on evolution of blood pressure and develope- ment to hypertension from adolescents to youth.Methods A baseline survey was carried out in 4623 adolescents aged 6-15 years old in Hanzhong rural area in 1987,310 of them were recruited for determination of salt sensitiv- ity using the tests of oral saline load and furosemide sodium-volume depletion.Salt sensitivity (SS) were diag- nosed in 101 while 209 subjects as no-sah sensitivity (NSS).This cohort of adolescents were followed up for av- erage 18 years.Results The response rate for this cohort of adolescents was 71.9%.At the end of follow up period,BP in subjects with baseline SS was higher in youth than that in NSS (SBP122.9?13.1 vs 117.3?12.4, P
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Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Hypertension
Year:
2007
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Article