Journal article
Higher ambulatory blood pressure at 18 years in adolescents born less than 28 weeks' gestation in the 1990s compared with term controls
G Roberts, KJ Lee, JLY Cheong, LW Doyle
Journal of Hypertension | Published : 2014
Abstract
Obectives: Adult preterm survivors from the 1980s have higher blood pressure (BP) than term controls. Survival rates of extremely preterm (gestational age<28 weeks; EP) infants born after 1990 have increased, but whether they still have higher BP than term controls is unknown. This study compared the BP of contemporary EP survivors with term controls in late adolescence. Methods: All EP adolescents and matched term controls born in 1991-92 in Victoria, Australia, were enrolled in a longitudinal study. At age 18 years, 24-h ambulatory BP was measured. Average BP was compared between EP and term groups, and predictors of BP in EP adolescents were examined. Results: BP data were obtained from 1..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
The study is funded by Project Grant #491246 from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; the following were successful applicants on this grant - L. D., Peter Anderson, Stephen Wood, Colin Robertson, Sarah Hope, Doug Hacking, J.C.. The funding body had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the article.