Association Between Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability in Early Adulthood and Myocardial Structure and Function in Later Life.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Long-term blood pressure (BP) variability has emerged as a reproducible measure that is associated with heart failure independent of systemic BP. Visit-to-visit BP variability may be associated with the risk of heart failure early in the life course and thus may be reflected in subclinical alterations in cardiac structure and function.

Objective

To evaluate the association between visit-to-visit BP variability in early adulthood and myocardial structure and function in middle age.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a community-based cohort study of 5115 participants aged 18 to 30 years at baseline (year 0; March 25, 1985, to June 7, 1986) and followed up ove

SUBMITTER: Nwabuo CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160747 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature