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4036789

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective longitudinal study of black medical students was conducted to determine the predictive value of hypertension precursors. Follow-up examinations, averaging 22.5 years later, were performed on 341 subjects (78.8%); 25 (5.8%) additional subjects were identified as dead out of 433 original participants. Results are reported on 313 reexamined men. A remarkable 43.8% of the physicians had elevated blood pressure higher than 140/90 mm Hg or gave a history of hypertension and treatment. Correlation coefficients, quintile distributions, and regressions all confirmed the ability of baseline SBP and DBP to predict their respective pressures on follow-up examination. Discriminant function tests yielded baseline SBP, DBP, smoking, and parental history of stroke or hypertension to be the most significant precursors distinguishing hypertensive from normotensive groups, and the model correctly classified 69.7% of the subjects. Baseline cholesterol and Quetelet index levels did not reach statistical significance. The cold pressor test was not predictive but interim weight gain was highly significant. Results are discussed in relation to comparable studies on white populations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
637-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Risk factors and the incidence of hypertension in black physicians: the Meharry Cohort Study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.