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People with diabetes are at a ten times higher risk than normal for developing cardiovascular disease. There has been a study done of ninety-five Diabetes Center and Pediatric Care Clinics in Germany and Austria. There were eight hundred sixty eight subjects studied from age six until they were almost twenty-years-old.

Blood pressure reading was taken at pre-pubertal, going through puberty, and at post-pubertal. It was reported that 4 percent had elevated blood pressure during pre-puberty and puberty. Almost 14 percent had elevated blood pressure during post-puberty.

The research team reported, “Tracking of blood pressure revealed that children with elevated blood pressure had a higher blood pressure in adolescence and young adulthood.”

The goal now is to lower blood pressure early in life. The team’s next study will focus on the efficiency of early intervention for children with type 1 diabetes and diagnosed with hypertension.