Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the distribution of blood pressure levels and the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension in young Indigenous people (10-24 years of age).

Study design

Prospective cohort survey study (Next Generation: Youth Wellbeing Study); baseline data analysis.

Setting, participants

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 10-24 years living in regional, remote, and urban communities in Central Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales; recruitment: March 2018 - March 2020.

Main outcome measures

Blood pressure categorised as normal, pre-hypertension, or hypertension using the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines (10-17 years) or 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines (18-24 years); as

SUBMITTER: Sahle BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787810 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature