Blood Pressure Trajectories During Young Adulthood and Cardiovascular Events in Later Life
An elevated-increasing BP trajectory during young adulthood is associated with a higher risk of CVD later in life, highlighting the importance of maintaining a low-stable BP trajectory throughout the young adulthood period for prevention of CVD in later life.
Authors
- Norrina B. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-4384)
- Vanessa Xanthakis
- Jaejin An (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-5732)
- Heidi Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5343-0002)
- Yiyi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8663-5001)
- Mengying Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8866-0057)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Northwestern University (PH)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Hypertension
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpae126
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80
Funders
- School of Medicine, Boston University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute