Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 355, Issue 9213, 22 April 2000, Pages 1430-1431
The Lancet

Research Letters
Blood pressure in young adulthood and mortality from cardiovascular disease

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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.

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