Association of Hypertension with Well-Being: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It remains unclear how hypertension affects subjective well-being, especially in light of its potential gender-specific impacts.

Aim

In this study, we aimed to study the association between hypertension and subjective well-being and the potential gender differences in this relationship as well as mediating factors.

Methods

We use individual-level data from > 1 million Americans who participated in six waves of the nationally representative Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. We employ descriptive and regression analyses to determine the association between hypertension and subjective well-being while controlling for the usual well-being covariates identified from the related literature.

Results

Hypertension was negative assoc

SUBMITTER: Wesselbaum D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322268 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature