Stress response characteristics of adolescents with high genetic risk for essential hypertension: a five year follow-up.
A group of 80 adolescents identified with blood pressure in the border-line range (90th to 95th percentile) have a follow-up of up to five years. Within this follow-up period 54 or 67% have progressed to a stage of sustained essential hypertension (BP greater than 95th percentile). Characteristics of this population with a very high progression rate to EH are: 1) Identification of borderline hypertension in adolescence. 2) Uniformly strong family history of EH and 3) A high cardiovascular response to mental stress.
D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*