ArticleThe Medical journal of Australia2025
Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study.
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- Epidemiology and determinants of cardiovascular disease in Indigenous populations.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2026Review
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objectiveTo assess the distribution of blood pressure levels and the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension in young Indigenous people (10-24 years of age). STUDY
designProspective cohort survey study (Next Generation: Youth Wellbeing Study); baseline data analysis. SETTING,
participantsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 10-24 years living in regional, remote, and urban communities in Central Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales; recruitment: March 2018 - March 2020.
main outcome measuresBlood pressure categorised as normal, pre-hypertension, or hypertension using the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines (10-17 years) or 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines (18-24 years); associations of demographic characteristics and health behaviours with hypertension and pre-hypertension, reported as relative risk ratios (RRRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsComplete data were available for 771 of 1244 study participants (62%); their mean age was 15.4 years (standard deviation [SD], 3.9 years), 438 were girls or young women (56.8%). Mean systolic blood pressure was 111.2 mmHg (SD, 13.7 mmHg), mean diastolic blood pressure 66.3 mmHg (SD, 11.0 mmHg). Mean systolic blood pressure was higher for male than female participants (mean difference, 6.38 mmHg; 95% CI, 4.60-8.16 mmHg), and it increased by 1.06 mmHg (95% CI, 0.76-1.36 mmHg) per year of age. Mean systolic blood pressure increased by 0.42 mmHg (95% CI, 0.28-0.54 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure by 0.46 mmHg (95% CI, 0.35-0.57 mmHg) per 1.0 kg/m
conclusionsBlood pressure was within the normal range for most young Indigenous people in our study, but one in three had elevated blood pressure or hypertension. Community-level, culturally safe approaches are needed to avoid the early onset of cardiovascular risks, including elevated blood pressure.
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