Prehypertension: A Study in Youth-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract Background: Youth of 18 to 20 year age achieve medical college admission through tough competition. Genotype, phenotype and environmental interactions that drive cardiovascular and other lifestyle diseases may be meaningfully recognized at such stage. Early detection of lifestyle disease and its determinants can guide timely interventions and correction toward prevention/reduction of morbidity and mortality. Objective: Screening of first year male and female medical students for pre-hypertension and a study of family history, clinicodemographic and biochemical characteristics in comparison with normotensive peers. Method: In a cross sectional study, 23 subjects (16 males and 7 females) in 18-20 year age range found to be prehypertensive upon screening were compared with 15 mached normotensive peers(10 males and 5 females). Familial, psychological behavioral, clinicodemogra...