Correlation between some cardiovascular risk factors and blood pressure dysregulation in young people

Abstract

Aim. To assess the correlations between office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) levels and some cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) in healthy young people and young people with BP dysregulation.
Material and methods. In total, 234 male and female students of the Stavropol State Medical Academy were examined (73 men, 161 women; age 18-23 years, mean age 21,4±0,2 years). The standard questionnaire included items on family history and behavioural risk factors. The examination also included anthropometry, psychological symptom questionnaire survey, office BP measurement, and ambulatory BP monitoring.
Results. RFs of cardiovascular disease (CVD) were widely prevalent in the students examined, with the rates in males being 2-3 times higher than in females. Arterial hypertension (AH) was presented by its labile forms – isolated office AH and masked AH. Participants with these AH forms, compared to healthy students, were characterized by a greater number and greater strength of the correlations between office or ambulatory BP parameters and some CVD RFs.

Conclusion. The association between labile AH and leading CVD RFs in young people points to the need for regarding individuals with labile AH as a risk group and for optimising preventive programs in students.