Early Life Origins of Hypertension: Longitudinal Evidence That Blood Pressure Tracks from Birth to School Age
Highlights
Blood pressure (BP) levels track consistently from the moment of birth through preschool and early school age, suggesting that cardiovascular risk profiles are established much earlier than previously confirmed.
For every 1-standard deviation (SD) increase in initial mean arterial pressure (MAP) at birth, the hazard ratio for developing hypertension by age 11 is 3.75, representing a nearly fourfold increase in risk.
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