New Study: Young Adults with Prehypertension Are More Likely to Have Coronary Artery Calcium and Atherosclerosis Later in Life
2008-07-15 17:55:00
Findings suggest that young adults should try to keep their blood
pressure below 120/80 mmHg
PHILADELPHIA–(EMWNews)–A new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that
prehypertension—systolic blood pressure 120 to
139 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure 80 to 89 mmHg—
during young adulthood is common and associated with coronary
atherosclerosis.
Researches analyzed blood pressure measurements of 3,560 adults aged 18
to 30 over the course of 20 years and found that nearly 20 percent of
the study participants had developed prehypertension before the age of
35. Although blood pressure levels between 120/80 and 139/89 are below
the cutoff for hypertension, the young adults with prehypertension were
more likely than those with lower blood pressure to have coronary
calcium later in their lives. Coronary calcium is a marker of
atherosclerosis and a predictor of future heart attacks and strokes.
Prehypertension was most common in young adults who were black, male,
overweight, and of low socioeconomic status. Participants with low
annual income (less than $25,000) and no college education were about
twice as likely to have had early prehypertension as were participants
with postgraduate education and an annual income greater than $100,000.
Prehypertension before the age of 35 also was associated with having
diabetes, low HDL cholesterol levels, and higher exposure to blood
pressure elevation later in life.
Annals of Internal Medicine (www.annals.org)
is one of the most widely cited peer-reviewed medical journals in the
world. The journal has been published for 80 years and accepts only 7
percent of the original research studies submitted for publication.
Annals of Internal Medicine is published by the American College of
Physicians, the nation’s largest medical
specialty society.
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