Height May Explain Sex Differences in Systolic Blood Pressure in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differences in height may contribute to higher systolic blood pressure values and lower hypertension control rates in older women than men.

Methods

National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys cross-sectional data from 2005 to 2006 through 2017 to 2020 were analyzed on women (n=1682) and men (n=1468), aged ≥75 years with hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg or antihypertensive pharmacotherapy). The association of height and sociobiological variables (body mass index, education, income, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, statin therapy) with sex differences in systolic blood pressure was assessed by multivariable linear regression, and their association with hypertension control was asses

SUBMITTER: Egan BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12529987 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature