Why the study?
What are the demographic and clinical determinants of blood pressure variability in African-American and European American youth?
What are the demographic and clinical determinants of blood pressure variability in African-American and European American youth?
Blood pressure variability in youth is influenced by sex, ethnicity, age, adiposity, and socioeconomic status, being higher in men and African-Americans.
Should not yet change youth BP management; hypothesis-generating for demographic influences on variability.
The results of the present study suggest that men and African-Americans have higher blood pressure variability than women and European Americans. Apart from these ethnicity and sex effects, blood pressure variability increases with increases in age (especially in men), ambulatory blood pressure mean values and adiposity as well as decreased socioeconomic status.
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