Key result
Higher systolic blood pressure in late adolescence was associated with an increased risk of early coronary heart disease (HR 1.09; 95% CI 1.04-1.15 per standard deviation increase).
Why the study?
Does elevated blood pressure in late adolescence increase the risk of early incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke in men?
Population
49,321 Swedish men born in 1949-1951, examined at conscription in 1969/1970 at age 18-20.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1971-2004
Authors
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Supports BP monitoring in late adolescence; extends observational data but leaves causal effects and intervention benefits open.
Cohort (n=49,321)
Does elevated blood pressure in late adolescence increase the risk of early incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke in men?
Hazard Ratio: 1.09 (95% CI 1.04–1.15)
Elevated blood pressure in late adolescence is associated with an increased risk of early-onset coronary heart disease and stroke in men.
Falkstedt et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Healthy men (n=49,321). Blood pressure was evaluated on Coronary heart disease (HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.04-1.15). Higher systolic blood pressure in late adolescence was associated with an increased risk of early coronary heart disease (HR 1.09; 95% CI 1.04-1.15 per standard deviation increase).
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