Tracking of blood pressure over an eight year period in Jerusalem school children

Palti, Hava; Gofin, Rosa; Adler, Bella; Grafstein, O.; Belmaker, Elaine

doi:10.1016/0895-4356(88)90159-x

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“…Table 10 shows the "predictive value" as calculated by Palti et al (6), which is nothing more than the percent of subjects who stayed in a certain high-risk group at the follow-up measurement and the "relative probability" as calculated by Kemper et al (25). Both coefficients are rescaled so that when applied to random numbers the coefficients equal zero.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Tracking is mostly used in relation to risk factors of chronic diseases (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17). Early detection of these risk factors can lead to the possibility of early treatment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A number of studies that involve tracking deal with the longitudinal development of such cardiovascular disease risk factors as hypertension (3)(4)(5)(6), hypercholesteremia (7)(8)(9), or body fatness (10)(11)(12)(13). However, tracking has been described not only in regard to chronic disease risk factors, but also in relation to growth parameters, e.g., body height and body weight (10,13), and for such specific variables as dietary patterns (14,15), physical activity (16,17), and pulmonary function (18).…”

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Mathematical and Analytical Aspects of Tracking

Twisk

Kemper

Mellenbergh

1994

Epidemiologic Reviews

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Mathematical and Analytical Aspects of Tracking

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Kemper

Mellenbergh

1994

Epidemiologic Reviews

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“…Overall, these two reviews and several studies [66][67][68][69][70][71] concluded that the strength of tracking merits population-based prevention aimed at decreasing elevated blood pressure in children, and regular blood pressure screening in an attempt to identify those youth at risk of developing elevated levels in adulthood and whom may benefit from early detection. However, some did not agree with these recommendations [72][73][74] . Woelk [75] published a review indicating that tracking was too weak to justify blood pressure screening in youth.…”

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Epidemiology of elevated blood pressure in youth and its utility for predicting adulthood outcomes: A review

Kelly¹,

Magnussen

2014

WJH

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Elevated blood pressure has been demonstrated to track from youth to adulthood and some have demonstrated an association between early-life blood pressure and subsequent atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. In addition, reports regarding the strength of tracking are inconsistent and the modifiable risk factors that affect the trajectory of blood pressure from youth to adulthood remain unclear. This paper comprehensively evaluated the existing classifications of youth hypertension and the current trends of youth hypertension. Further, evidence for the consequences of hypertension in youth has been comprehensively evaluated. Importantly, a review of the studies examining tracking from youth to adulthood has been performed and a number of studies investigating the factors affecting tracking has also been investigated. The overall consideration of this body of literature highlights the vital importance of identifying hypertension in youth to prevent complications in adulthood. Adiposity is regarded to be a factor affecting the progression of hypertension from youth to adulthood yet there is little evidence available for other modifiable factors. It is apparent that further research is necessary within this field in order to create effective preventative strategies to target youth hypertension.© 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.Key words: Pediatric; Children; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Epidemiology; Atherosclerosis Core tip: Elevated blood pressure in youth predicts adult hypertension and end-stage organ damage but most youth with elevated blood pressure are left undiagnosed. In this review, we examine current classifications of youth blood pressure, recent trends in youth blood pressure, the adult consequences of elevated youth blood pressure, and lifestyle factors associated with improved blood pressure status from youth to adulthood. We show that identification of youth with elevated blood pressure may prove effective in preventing associated adult complications and that youth with elevated blood pressure may benefit most from interventions aimed at improvements to adiposity between youth and adulthood.Kelly RK, Magnussen CG. Epidemiology of elevated blood pressure in youth and its utility for predicting adulthood outcomes: A review. World J Hypertens 2014; 4(4): 29-36 Available from:

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Tracking of blood pressure in children and youth

Lenthe

Kemper

Twisk

1994

American J Hum Biol

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Part of a preventive pediatric strategy against cardiovascular diseases is the early identification of hypertension in childhood. There is a clearly established relationship between blood pressure measured during childhood and at later periods for the same individual. This relationship was investigated in studies of blood pressure tracking in children over the past two decades. This report reviews longitudinal studies that analysed tracking of blood pressure between the ages of 4 and 20 years. The results confirm the existence of tracking, but the statistical relationship seems too weak to justify preventive pediatric strategies based on blood pressure in childhood. However, during adolescence, tracking of blood pressure is affected by the processes of growth and maturation. Methodological problems may have also resulted in underestimation of the amount of tracking. An increase in the number of blood pressure measurements and the use of vertex-corrected blood pressure values would probably improve tracking. It is important to analyse the improvement in tracking coefficients when these new methods are used in order to determine the maximal extent to which blood pressure in childhood can predict future levels. Recently, several studies that were able to relate blood pressure values from childhood to adulthood suggested that tracking seems to persist over this long period. Together with comparable results from future analyses of studies considered in this review, more detailed information will become available about the predictability of blood pressure in children. Although blood pressure is the best single predictor of future blood pressure, results of this review indicate that its predictability is not sufficiently strong for preventive strategies in childhood. Therefore, the development of blood pressure predictors based on more than one parameter is recommended. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Tracking of blood pressure over an eight year period in Jerusalem school children

Cited by 11 publications

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Mathematical and Analytical Aspects of Tracking

Mathematical and Analytical Aspects of Tracking

Epidemiology of elevated blood pressure in youth and its utility for predicting adulthood outcomes: A review

Tracking of blood pressure in children and youth

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