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Are Body Mass Index, smoking, and physical activity associated with resting blood pressure in healthy young adults?
Are Body Mass Index, smoking, and physical activity associated with resting blood pressure in healthy young adults?
Higher BMI is directly associated with higher resting blood pressure in healthy young adults, highlighting the importance of weight management for cardiovascular prevention early in life.
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Supports BMI-focused prevention in young adults; leaves open causal roles of smoking and activity pending prospective data.
BMI was significantly and directly associated with resting BP in both sexes. Smoking prevalence and PA status were not associated with BP in this sample of Greek young adults.
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Papathanasiou et al. (2015) studied this question.
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