Understanding the association between mean arterial pressure and mortality in young adults

Unlike previous studies, this ‘healthy’ population has no history of CVD, low rates of smoking and obesity, and relatively normal SBP levels. [...]this study with relatively short follow-up may lack the power to address all-cause mortality. The findings do not come as a surprise. [...]as MAP was estimated indirectly rather than directly measured, the calculation methods may affect the results. The findings of Sun et al, on the other hand, reflect the importance of lifestyle management in BP lowering from an early age.2 9 11 The lowered threshold of the definition of hypertension in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline on the prevention, detection, evaluation and management of high BP9 substantially increases the prevalence of hypertension in the general population, particularly in the young.