Association Between Young Adult Characteristics and Blood Pressure Trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure (BP) trajectories from young adulthood through middle age are associated with cardiovascular risk. We examined the associations of hypertension risk factors with BP trajectories among a large diverse sample.

Methods and results

We analyzed data from young adults, aged 18 to 39 years, with untreated BP <140/90 mm Hg at baseline from Kaiser Permanente Southern California (N=355 324). We used latent growth curve models to identify 10-year BP trajectories and to assess the associations between characteristics in young adulthood and BP trajectories. We identified the following 5 distinct systolic BP trajectories, which appeared to be determined mainly by the baseline BP with progressively higher BP at each year: group 1 (lowest BP trajectory, 7.9%), grou

SUBMITTER: An J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11262534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature