Population
1,640 healthy male and female volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, screened for health…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 32 years
Authors
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BP patterns in healthy adults may not reflect intrinsic aging; challenges unscreened-population consensus and leaves open revised normative targets.
Age-associated patterns of blood pressure change in healthy individuals differ from unscreened populations, suggesting that previously described patterns partially reflect the effects of hypertension and its treatment rather than intrinsic aging.
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