Why the study?
Is high diastolic blood pressure in late adolescence associated with subsequent mortality in Swedish male conscripts?
Is high diastolic blood pressure in late adolescence associated with subsequent mortality in Swedish male conscripts?
High diastolic blood pressure in young adulthood is consistently associated with subsequent mortality, emphasizing the need for early detection and prevention.
Diastolic BP may merit attention in adolescent risk assessment; leaves open causality and generalizability beyond this cohort.
In adolescent men, the relation of diastolic blood pressure to mortality was more consistent than that of systolic blood pressure. Considering current efforts for earlier detection and prevention of risk, these observations emphasise the risk associated with high diastolic blood pressure in young adulthood.
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