Population
1,036 children recruited at age 9 years by random sampling of Perth metropolitan schools, Australia.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
9 years
Authors
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May warrant closer BP monitoring in at-risk adolescents; leaves open whether BMI interventions alter adult hypertension risk.
Excessive weight gain during adolescence and a family history of hypertension significantly increase the risk of elevated blood pressure persisting from childhood into early adulthood.
Burke et al. (2001) studied this question.