Age and aging effects on blood pressure: 15 years follow-up of Tehran lipid and glucose study.

ABSTRACT: Age is a known predictor of blood pressure (BP); however, the literature mostly includes cross-sectional investigations. This prospective cohort study aimed to decompose the cross-sectional and longitudinal age effects on BP. The secondary data were obtained from the Tehran lipid and glucose study, which comprised six repeated measurements of participants, with median follow-up of 15.8 (interquartile range of 14.2-16.9) years. The sample is representative of the metropolitan area of Tehran, Iran, containing 7,460 participants aged 20-70. The cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of age (age at baseline and aging, respectively) were fitted in the mixed effects models, taking systolic, diastolic, and pulse BPs as response, adjusting for adiposity, smoking, diabetes, and antihypertensive m

SUBMITTER: Khajavi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678670 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature