Measured blood pressure and hypertension among young adults: A Comparison between two nationally representative samples

Laura Chyu; Thomas W. McDade; Emma K. Adam

doi:10.1080/19485565.2011.614572

Measured blood pressure and hypertension among young adults: A Comparison between two nationally representative samples

Laura Chyu^*, Thomas W. McDade, Emma K. Adam

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Abstract

Measurement and distribution of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and related health risk factors in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were compared with data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008. Sociodemographic patterns of blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension, and measurement characteristics in Add Health were also examined. Prevalence of hypertension (20.88%) in Add Health was significantly higher than that in NHANES (4.60%). This difference was only partially explained by body mass index and waist circumference and could reflect different measurement techniques, sample composition differences, or masked hypertension.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	184-199
Number of pages	16
Journal	Biodemography and Social Biology
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2011.614572
State	Published - Jan 1 2011

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This project was supported by Grant Number R01HD053731 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and funded by Grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain Add Health data files is available on Add Health website (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth). No direct support was received from Grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis.

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