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(A)24-Year Follow-Up Study of Blood Pressure Tracking from Childhood to Adulthood in Korea : The Kangwha Study

Authors
 Myung Ha Lee  ;  Dae Ryong Kang  ;  Hyeon Chang Kim  ;  Song Vogue Ahn  ;  Kay-Tee Khaw  ;  Il Suh 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.55(2) : 360-366, 2014 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2014
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Blood Pressure/physiology* ; Body Mass Index ; Child ; Confidence Intervals ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Republic of Korea ; Young Adult
Keywords
Blood pressure ; longitudinal study ; tracking
Abstract
Purpose : A number of longitudinal studies have tracked blood pressure over time in children and adults. Although there are a few blood pressure tracking studies for Asian populations, they are all relatively short-term studies with around only 10 years of follow-up. Accordingly, we assessed the stability of blood pressure tracking from childhood to adulthood over a 24-year follow-up period among participants in the Kangwha Study.

Materials and Methods : The Kangwha Study was a community-based prospective cohort study that started in 1986 in Kangwha County, South Korea. The study dataset included 14 blood pressure measurements over a 24-year period from 266 (123 male and 143 female) participants who completed the 2010 examination. All participants were 7 years old when the study began and were followed for the next 24 years.

Results : The tracking coefficient (95% confidence interval) for systolic blood pressure was 0.81 (0.52-1.11) in men and 0.72 (0.51-0.92) in women; diastolic blood pressure was 0.53 (0.26-0.80) in men and 0.33 (0.15-0.52) in women. After adjusting for body mass index, the tracking coefficient for systolic blood pressure was 0.68 (0.39-0.97) in men and 0.67 (0.44-0.89) in women; diastolic blood pressure was 0.51 (0.24-0.78) in men and 0.33 (0.15-0.51) in women. All tracking coefficients were statistically significant (p<0.001).

Conclusion : In this 24-year longitudinal study, we confirmed the stability of blood pressure tracking from childhood to adulthood for participants in the Kangwha Study.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2014.55.2.360
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Yonsei Biomedical Research Center (연세의생명연구원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Dae Ryong(강대용)
Kim, Hyeon Chang(김현창) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-1240
Suh, Il(서일) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9689-7849
Lee, Myung Ha(이명하)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/98580
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