2023-09-26 02:44:12
Research has shown that if you develop high blood pressure even briefly during adolescence, your risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction or heart failure increases significantly in the future.
Accordingly, experts believe that a strategy to prevent this should be developed in advance by measuring blood pressure in young adults as well as closely monitoring risk groups.
Research has shown that fluctuations in blood pressure during adolescence have a significant impact on the risk of cardiovascular disease in the future.
On the 25th local time, the Annals of Internal Medicine published the results of a large-scale study on the impact of high blood pressure in adolescence on future cardiovascular risk (10.7326/M23-0112).
High blood pressure is a major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature death worldwide, but it is true that until now, research on the relationship between blood pressure and cardiovascular events has focused on middle-aged and elderly people.
Since most cardiovascular events occur after middle age, research is also biased towards this. As a result, there is still weak evidence on how blood pressure in adolescents affects future cardiovascular disease.
This is also the background to the research conducted by the research team led by Professor Helene Rietz at Umea Medical School in Sweden. This is to create evidence on how blood pressure in adolescence affects cardiovascular risk.
Accordingly, the researchers conducted a follow-up study on 1,366,519 men with an average age of 18.3 years old who enlisted in the military for an average of 35.9 years.
As a result, 28.8% of them were classified as having blood pressure above the standard (120-129/80mmHg), and a whopping 53.7% were classified as having high blood pressure (≥130/80mmHg).
As such, the rise in blood pressure had a significant impact on their future cardiovascular risk.
In fact, adolescents classified as stage 1 isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) had a 1.15-fold higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the future, and those with stage 1 isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) had a 1.23-fold higher risk.
Additionally, the risk of developing cardiovascular disease increased by 1.32 times for stage 1 combined hypertension (SDH), 1.31 times for stage 2 isolated systolic hypertension, and 1.55 times for stage 2 isolated diastolic hypertension.
In particular, in the case of stage 2 combined hypertension, the risk of developing cardiovascular disease tended to increase by as much as 1.71 times.
The researchers explained that these findings demonstrate the need for early intervention to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Professor Helen Ritz said, “In a follow-up study of up to 50 years, we found that fluctuations in blood pressure in adolescents are very threatening to cardiovascular health. This shows that early intervention to prevent cardiovascular disease is possible if they are identified early.” He said.
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