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

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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

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