2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Exploitation of criterion for preventive intervention of hypertension in young adults

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20700554
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Applied health science
Research Institution	Yokohama City University
Principal Investigator	TAGUCHI Rie Yokohama City University, 医学部, 准教授 (90301126)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	若年期 / 高血圧 / 家族歴 / 予防
Research Abstract	To explore the possibility of hypertension-family history as a criterion for preventive intervention of hypertension in young adults, the relationships between family history and 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure and the effect of family history on diet and physical activity in young adults were analyzed. Consequently, hypertension-family history was shown to be related to high blood pressure and not to induce an excess caloric and sodium intake, which suggested that hypertension-family history could be a useful criterion for preventive intervention of hypertension in young adults.

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