The search for predictors of 5-year risk of arterial hypertension (AH) development was carried out in 366 adult men between the ages of 18 and 35. AH developed in 77 men with systolic blood pressure (BP) during a period of observation (on average 4.6 years). After multivariable adjustment, the factors that were significantly associated with the onset of hypertension were body-mass index ≥25.5 kg/m2, salt overtaking, increasing of diastolic BP in veloergometry, increasing hypertensive load due to elevation of night mean BP, and morning systolic BP elevation.
