Population
64 young adults followed up for 8 years from an initial screening program of 3,906 children and adolescents…
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Cohort
Follow-up
8 years
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Supports metabolic screening in young adults with sustained hypertension; hypothesis-generating for causal links and intervention trials.
Consistently high blood pressure in young adults is strongly associated with early signs of metabolic dysfunction, including hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, and overweight.
Pozzan et al. (1997) studied this question.
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