[Blood pressure dynamics and prognostication of hypertension: 20-year follow-up of children's cohort].
OBJECTIVE
To track dynamics of blood pressure (BP) from childhood to young maturity and to determine predictors of hypertension.


METHODS
School children (n=1082) were examined in a framework of an international program on juvenile hypertension in 1976-1977. Samples of this initial cohort were reexamined in 1988 (n=444) and 1997 (n=505). Data on persons examined on all 3 occasions were used in this paper.


RESULTS
BP elevation during 20 years of follow-up was more pronounced in men. Adulthood BP correlated with its value at the age of 12-13 and 25-26 years. Main predictors of adult hypertension in men and women were childhood systolic and diastolic BP, respectively. Body mass change from the age of 25-26 to 32-33 years was also related to the presence of hypertension at the last examination.
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Misiavichene
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness