Hypertension Early In Life Drives Up Mortality Risk Later

To contact us Click HERE
High blood pressure in early adulthood hikes up the risk of coronary heart and
cardiovascular disease mortality, as well as all-cause mortality much later in
life, according to findings from the more than 18,000 men studied longitudinally
in the Harvard Alumni Health Study."The results lend weight to blood
pressure-lowering strategies beginning early in the life course than is
currently the case," Linsay Gray, Ph.D., of University College London, and
colleagues, concluded. However, trial data assessing the efficacy and safety of
such early interventions are lacking, they said.The associations, though
attenuated, remained even after accounting for middle-age hypertension.After
adjustment for age, body mass index, smoking, and physical activity level at
study entry, [...]

Read the rest of this hypertension or blood pressure article here
http://www.highbloodpressurecontrol.net/bp-and-stroke/hypertension-early-in-life-drives-up-mortality-risk-later/.