Journal of the American Heart Association has stated that children, whose parents smoke are at a greater risk of developing high blood pressure at a young age, whereas children, whose parents did not smoke, were less likely to develop this condition.
This is the first study to show that exposure to an environment full of protein can lead to a child developing high blood pressure. It was reported that the biggest damage was caused to children, who were exposed to nicotine and belonged to an age group from 4 to 5-years old.
The research involved a close assessment of 4,236-children between 4 and 7-years old from the Heidelberg Kindergarten Blood Pressure Project. The study was carried commenced in February 2007 and went on till October 2008.
Following the completion of the study, it was found that out of the 4,185 parent who replied to a questionnaire, 28.5% fathers smoked, 20.7% mothers smoked and 11.9% of both the parents smoked.
Apart from cigarette smoke, height, BMI and sex were also found to have an effect on the blood pressure of children. It was also reported that obese children were two times more likely to develop the condition with the passage of time.
This is the first study to show that exposure to an environment full of protein can lead to a child developing high blood pressure. It was reported that the biggest damage was caused to children, who were exposed to nicotine and belonged to an age group from 4 to 5-years old.
The research involved a close assessment of 4,236-children between 4 and 7-years old from the Heidelberg Kindergarten Blood Pressure Project. The study was carried commenced in February 2007 and went on till October 2008.
Following the completion of the study, it was found that out of the 4,185 parent who replied to a questionnaire, 28.5% fathers smoked, 20.7% mothers smoked and 11.9% of both the parents smoked.
Apart from cigarette smoke, height, BMI and sex were also found to have an effect on the blood pressure of children. It was also reported that obese children were two times more likely to develop the condition with the passage of time.
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