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European Heart Journal 1980 1(5):345-354;
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© 1980 The European Society of Cardiology

I. Factors associated with the initial blood pressure level and with the subsequent blood pressure increase in a longitudinal population study

The study of men born in 1913

K. SVÄRDSUDD, H. WEDEL and L. WILHELMSEN

University of Göteborg, Section of Preventive Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ostra Hospital Göteborg, Sweden

Received 1 August 1980; .

Requests for reprints to: Lars Wilhelmsen, Department of Medicine, Östra Hospital, S-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden.

In a longitudinal population study of Swedish men aged 50 at entry the relationships between a number of variables on the one hand and the systolic blood pressure at the start of the study and the subsequent systolic blood pressure change on the other were analyzed. Weight, skinfold, mother's death from cardiovascular disease, systolic blood pressure at work and scrum protein were all significantly correlated with both the initial pressure level and the subsequent pressure change, implying that they are either causal factors for blood pressure increase or have the same cause as the blood pressure increase. Blood glucose, serum lipids, haematocrit, pulse rate, eyeground features, heart volume, smoking habits, serum transaminase and a number of other factors were correlated with the initial pressure level only, implying that they are probably not causing the pressure change. Alcohol consumption, stress, coffee consumption, occupation and other variables were neither related to the initial blood pressure level nor to the blood pressure change

Key Words: Blood pressure increase • weight • skinfold • family history • exercise test • serum protein


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