Life Course Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure Using Longitudinal Data from Eight UK Cohorts

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Andrew K. Wills · University College London

Debbie A. Lawlor · Medical Research Council

Fiona E. Matthews · MRC Biostatistics Unit

Avan Aihie Sayer · Southampton City Council

Eleni Bakra · University of Cambridge

Yoav Ben‐Shlomo · University of Bristol

Michaela Benzeval ·

Abstract

Our investigation shows a general pattern of SBP progression from childhood in the UK, and suggests possible differences in this pattern during adulthood between a general population and an occupational population. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Sodium Intake and Health Nutritional Studies and Diet

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Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 8, Issue 6, pp. e1000440-e1000440

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000440

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Life Course Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure Using Longitudinal Data from Eight UK Cohorts

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