Blood pressure in young adulthood and mortality from cardiovascular disease

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02146-2

The Lancet

Volume 355, Issue 9213, 22 April 2000, Pages 1430-1431

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Blood pressure measured in young adult men is positively associated in later life with increased cardiovascular disease mortality. The implication of this finding is that risk of cardiovascular disease starts in early life.

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