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SUBMITTER: Koskinen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326843 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koskinen Juha J Juonala Markus M Dwyer Terence T Venn Alison A Petkeviciene Janina J Čeponienė Indrė I Bazzano Lydia L Chen Wei W Sabin Matthew A MA Burns Trudy L TL Viikari Jorma S A JSA Woo Jessica G JG Urbina Elaine M EM Prineas Ronald R Hutri-Kähönen Nina N Sinaiko Alan A Jacobs David R DR Steinberger Julia J Daniels Stephen S Raitakari Olli O Magnussen Costan G CG
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20190201 2
Childhood blood pressure (BP) levels predict adult subclinical atherosclerosis. However, the best childhood BP component for prediction has not been determined. This study comprised 5925 participants aged 3 to 18 years from 6 cohorts who were followed into adulthood (mean follow-up 25.8±6.2 years). Childhood BP was measured by using a standard mercury sphygmomanometer in all cohorts. Study-specific carotid intima-media thickness ≥90th percentile was used to define subclinical atherosclerosis. Pe ...[more]