Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland found that blood pressure was higher than 130/85 mm Hg. Art. May cause heart damage in adolescents. Research published Journal of Pediatrics.
In adults, high blood pressure damages the kidneys, heart, blood vessels and brain and increases the risk of death. The European Society of Cardiology considers a pressure of 130/85 mm Hg. Art. high normal and pressure 140/90 mm Hg. Art. considered hypertension. Also in the USA the pressure is 130/80 mm Hg. Art. considered hypertension.
A 2022 study found that high systolic blood pressure in childhood is associated with an increased risk of premature death over the age of 40.
The new study involved 1856 teenagers. Their heart function and blood pressure were evaluated at age 17, and then the studies were repeated when they were 24 years old. The researchers found it at a pressure of 130/85 mm Hg, taking into account other factors (gender, age, obesity and other diseases). Art. heart damage occurs in both men and women.
Signs of structural damage to the heart are left ventricular hypertrophy and high relative wall thickness, while signs of cardiac dysfunction are left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and increased left ventricular filling pressure.
The new data means that doctors and others need to raise awareness of high blood pressure and the critical danger that hypertension poses to young people. Additionally, blood pressure screening in adolescents can significantly reduce the number of hypertension-related emergencies in adulthood.