Age-related changes in the risk of high blood pressure.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Understanding the age-related trend of risk in high blood pressure (BP) is important for preventing heart failure and cardiovascular diseases. But such a trend is still underexplored. This study aims to (a) depict the relationship of BP patterns with age, and (b) understand the trend of high BP prevalence over time in different age groups.

Materials and methods

Health check-up data with an observational period of 8 years (January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2018) was used as the data source. A total of 71,468 participants aged over 18 years old with complete information on weight, height, age, gender, glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, systolic (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were included for analysis. Generalized additive models were adopt

SUBMITTER: Cheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9521719 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature