Race- and Sex-Specific Factors Associated with Age-Related Slopes in Systolic Blood Pressure: Findings from the CARDIA Study

Citation

Reges, Orna; Krefman, Amy E.; Hardy, Shakia T.; Yano, Yuichiro; Muntner, Paul; Pool, Lindsay R.; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; Wang, Yaojie; Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.; & Allen, Norrina B. (2023). Race- and Sex-Specific Factors Associated with Age-Related Slopes in Systolic Blood Pressure: Findings from the CARDIA Study. Hypertension, 80(9), 1890-1899.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although blood pressure (BP) increases throughout young adulthood for most individuals, the age-related slope is not uniform. This study aimed to assess associations of demographic, clinical, behavioral, psychosocial, and neighborhood characteristics with age-related BP slope among 4 race-sex groups who participated in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.
METHODS: Individuals (n=3554) aged 18 to 30 years were included in this analysis if they had normal BP at baseline and

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21217

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2023

Journal Title

Hypertension

Author(s)

Reges, Orna
Krefman, Amy E.
Hardy, Shakia T.
Yano, Yuichiro
Muntner, Paul
Pool, Lindsay R.
Gordon-Larsen, Penny
Wang, Yaojie
Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.
Allen, Norrina B.

Article Type

Regular

Data Set/Study

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Continent/Country

United States

State

Nonspecific

Race/Ethnicity

Black
White

Sex/Gender

Women
Men

ORCiD

Gordon-Larsen - 0000-0001-5322-4188