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High-normal BP is linked to greater later-life risk of hypertension and circulatory disorders.
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Supports vigilance for higher-normal pressures from youth; leaves open whether primordial prevention alters trajectories.
Higher normal blood pressure levels predispose individuals to essential hypertension and circulatory disorders later in life.
F. H. Smirk (1949) conducted a review in Essential hypertension. Physiological elevation of blood pressure vs. Below average blood pressure was evaluated on Incidence of essential hypertension and circulatory disorders in later life. Individuals with higher-than-average normal blood pressures have a higher incidence of essential hypertension and circulatory disorders in later life compared to those with below-average pressures.
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