July 15, 2008Annals of Internal Medicine157 citationsOpen Access
View Full PaperPrehypertension during Young Adulthood and Coronary Calcium Later in Life
Structured PICO
Is prehypertension during young adulthood associated with coronary atherosclerosis later in life?
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Population
Young adults (before age 35 years)
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Intervention
Prehypertension
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Outcome
Coronary atherosclerosis (coronary calcium)surrogate
Maintaining systolic blood pressure below 120 mm Hg before age 35 may provide important health benefits by preventing coronary atherosclerosis later in life.
Abstract
Prehypertension during young adulthood is common and is associated with coronary atherosclerosis 20 years later. Keeping systolic pressure below 120 mm Hg before age 35 years may provide important health benefits later in life.