Parental educational status independently predicts the risk of prevalent hypertension in young adults.

ABSTRACT: Identification of individuals at risk of hypertension development based on socio-economic status have been inconclusive, due to variable definitions of low socio-economic status. We investigated whether educational status of individuals or their parents predicts prevalent hypertension in young adult population, by analyzing data of more than 37,000 non-institutionalized subjects from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008 to 2017. Although low educational status of individual subjects was robustly associated with elevation of systolic blood pressure and increased prevalence of hypertension in general population, its impact on prevalent hypertension differed across age subgroups, and was remarkably attenuated in young adults. Parental educational status was significantl

SUBMITTER: Suh SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7881088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature