Health and Fitness

Study Shows 19 Percent of Young Adults Have High Blood Pressure

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2011.  Roughly 19 percent of young adults may have high blood pressure, according to an analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), which is supported by the National Institutes of Health.

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The researchers took blood pressure readings of more than 14,000 men and women between 24 and 32 years of age who were enrolled in the long-running study.

The analysis was conducted by Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ph.D., principal…

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