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January 1, 2008Indian Journal of Community MedicineOpen Access

Tracking of blood pressure among adolescents and young adults in an urban slum of Puducherry

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Population

555 adolescents and young adults from an urban slum in Puducherry, India, followed up from a baseline cohort…

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Cohort

Follow-up

4 years

Authors

MSMB SoudarssananeJawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchSMS MathanrajAarupadai Veedu Medical College & HospitalMSMM SumanthMysore Medical College

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Implication

May support adolescent BP monitoring for risk stratification; leaves open whether early interventions reduce adult hypertension incidence.

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Population
555 adolescents and young adults (aged 19-24 years, 292 males and 263 females) from an urban slum in Puducherry, India, followed up from a baseline cohort of 756 subjects.
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Outcome
Tracking of blood pressure distribution (persistence in percentiles) and incidence of hypertension over 4 yearssurrogate

Blood pressure percentiles track significantly from adolescence into young adulthood, highlighting the importance of early screening and lifestyle interventions to prevent adult hypertension.

Limitations

  • Loss to follow-up of 26.3% (201 subjects) from the baseline cohort
  • Physical activity assessment was limited to deliberate exercise rather than the whole range of activities
  • Per capita salt intake was calculated as an average of family intake rather than specific individual dietary measurement

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Soudarssanane et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a738bb4b87a25d16efb6ae1https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.40879
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