title: Blood pressure in young adulthood and mortality from cardiovascular disease.
abstract: Blood pressure measured in young adult men is positively associated in later life with increased cardiovascular disease mortality. The implication of this finding is that risk of cardiovascular disease starts in early life.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCarron
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okasha
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McEwen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology