Longitudinal and secular trends in blood pressure among women and men in birth cohorts born between 1905 and 1977: The Tromso Study 1979 to 2008

• Published in: Hypertension
• Main Authors: Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter, Bonaa, Kaare Harald, Eggen, Anne Elise, Grimsgaard, Sameline, Jacobsen, Bjarne K., Loechen, Maja-Lisa, Mathiesen, E. B., Njolstad, I., Wilsgaard, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2015
• Subjects: antihypertensives; blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; epidemiology; hypertension; longitudinal studies; Tromso; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/56efff665b4e764a77fca2a9f323eacca76c99aa11101fedbf0c00a7681738cc/1213503/Hopstock_2015_Longitudinal_and_secular_trends_in_blood.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1161/Hypertensionaha.115.05925

High blood pressure is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Previous studies showing a blood pressure decline in recent decades lack data to follow individuals born in different decades from early and middle adulthood to older age. We investigated changes in age-specific blood pressu...