Puberty Timing and Sex-Specific Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure: a Prospective Cohort Study.
Kate N O'NeillJoshua A BellGeorge Davey SmithKate TillingPatricia M KearneyLinda M O'KeeffePublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2022)
A large proportion of the higher SBP observed in males compared with females in early adulthood is accrued before puberty. Interventions targeting puberty timing are unlikely to influence SBP in early adulthood.