Childhood Violence Exposure Predicts High Blood Pressure in Black American Young Adults

This prospective longitudinal study tested the impact of childhood adversity, including community violence exposure, on hypertension risk in Black American young adults to understand what risk factors (e.g., prenatal factors and/or later exposures) and ages of adversity exposure increased hypertension risk. The study included 396 Black American participants with data from prenatal, birth, and age 7-, 14-, and 19-year visits. At age 19, individuals with blood pressure (BP) measures >120 mmHg systolic and or >80 mmHg diastolic were classified as high blood pressure (HBP) and those with