Relation of Blood Pressure in Childhood to Self-Reported Hypertension in Adulthood

Blood pressure (BP) tracking (maintaining a BP percentile) across life is not well defined but is important in predicting which children will become hypertensive adults. We computed BP tracking in subjects with BP measured in childhood and adulthood and performed logistic regression to determine the...

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Published in:Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Tex. 1979), 2019-06, Vol.73 (6), p.1224-1230
Main Authors: Urbina, Elaine M, Khoury, Philip R, Bazzano, Lydia, Burns, Trudy L, Daniels, Stephen, Dwyer, Terrence, Hu, Tian, Jacobs, Jr, David R, Juonala, Markus, Prineas, Ronald, Raitakari, Olli, Steinberger, Julia, Venn, Alison, Woo, Jessica G, Sinaiko, Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Blood Pressure - physiology
Blood Pressure Determination
Body Mass Index
Child
Disease Progression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - physiopathology
Life Style
Male
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Self Report
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Blood pressure (BP) tracking (maintaining a BP percentile) across life is not well defined but is important in predicting which children will become hypertensive adults. We computed BP tracking in subjects with BP measured in childhood and adulthood and performed logistic regression to determine the ability of childhood BP to predict adult hypertension (N=5035, 46.7 years, 74.2% white, 17.7% black; 39.6% male). Prevalence of hypertension was 29%. Correlations between systolic BP for child and adolescent were r=0.48; for adolescent and young adult were r=0.40, and for child and young adult were r=0.24 (all P
ISSN:1524-4563
DOI:10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.12334