[net-gold] MEDICAL CONDITIONS HEART HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE : ADOLESCENTS : MEDICAL: RESEARCH: Study Shows 19 Percent of Young Adults Have High Blood Pressure
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- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:50:22 -0400 (EDT)
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MEDICAL CONDITIONS HEART HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE :
ADOLESCENTS :
MEDICAL: RESEARCH:
Study Shows 19 Percent of Young Adults Have High Blood Pressure
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Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 09:11:16 -0400
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <olib@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: NIHPRESS@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Study Shows 19 Percent of Young Adults Have High Blood Pressure
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
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Embargoed for Release: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 5 p.m. EDT
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CONTACT:
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STUDY SHOWS 19 PERCENT OF YOUNG ADULTS HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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NIH-funded analysis indicates higher risk for young adults than previously
believed
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Roughly 19 percent of young adults may have high blood pressure, according
to an analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
(Add Health), which is supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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The researchers took blood pressure readings of more than 14,000 men and
women between 24 and 32 years of age who were enrolled in the long-running
study.
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The analysis was conducted by Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ph.D., principal
investigator of the study, and colleagues at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study's first author was Quynh C. Nguyen, of
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global
Public Health.
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The findings were published online in Epidemiology.
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The findings differ from those of the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES)
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http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
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which reported high blood pressure in 4 percent of adults 20 to 39 years
of age.
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The study authors were unable to pinpoint any reasons for the difference
between the two studies.
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"The Add Health analysis raises interesting questions," said Steven
Hirschfeld, Associate Director for Clinical Research for the NIH's Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
which provides major funding for the study. "Investigations into the
reasons underlying the reported differences between the Add Health and
NHANES findings will no doubt yield additional insight into the
measurement of high blood pressure in the young adult population."
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The Add Health study defined high blood pressure (hypertension) as 140/90
millimeters of mercury or greater. High blood pressure
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbp/HBP_WhatIs.html
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is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease (also
called coronary artery disease), heart failure, stroke, kidney failure,
and other health problems.
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Along with funding from the NICHD, the Add Health study
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http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/add_health_study.cfm
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also receives funding from 23 other federal agencies and private
organizations.
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"We explored several possible explanations for the difference between this
study and NHANES, including participant characteristics, where they were
examined, and the types of devices for measuring their blood pressure,"
Dr. Harris said. "None of these factors could account for the differences
in estimates between the two surveys."
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For the analysis, all 15,701 respondents to the most recent Add Health
interview were asked whether they had been told by a health care
professional that they had high blood pressure. After the interview,
respondents remained seated for five minutes and study technicians took
three readings of their blood pressure. The study technicians checked the
accuracy of each reading and the average of the last two readings was
entered into the study database. The Add Health researchers attempted to
collect blood pressure readings on all of the study's participants,
including those in prisons and in the military.
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High blood pressure was more prevalent among the Add Health respondents
(19 percent) than in the NHANES respondents (4 percent). The study
authors noted, however, that the proportion of respondents who reported
they had been told by a health care provider that they had high blood
pressure was similar: 11 percent for Add Health and 9 percent for NHANES.
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The study authors wrote that many young people are unaware that they have
high blood pressure. In such screenings of a large number of
participants, it is expected that more participants would be found to have
high blood pressure upon examination than would report that they had high
blood pressure in the past.
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The Add Health survey results fit this expected pattern, with 11 percent
saying they had earlier been told they had high blood pressure, and 19
percent later having been found to have high blood pressure upon
examination. This pattern was reversed for NHANES, with 9 percent
reporting they had high blood pressure, and 4 percent measured with high
blood pressure upon examination
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About the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD): The NICHD sponsors research on development,
before and after birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive
biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation. For more
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federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and
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treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more
information about NIH and its programs, visit
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http://www.nih.gov
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2011/nichd-25.htm
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