Blood pressure in young adulthood and mortality from cardiovascular disease

Lancet. 2000 Apr 22;355(9213):1430-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02146-2.

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.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
  • Cause of Death
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Morbidity
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Registries
  • Risk Factors
  • Scotland / epidemiology