Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

If we assume that women and men exhibit variations of the same fundamental vascular physiology, then conventional analyses of subclinical measures would suggest that women catch up to men by midlife in the extent of potentially important vascular disease. Alternatively, under the assumption that vascular physiology may fundamentally differ between women and men, a sex-specific analysis of existing data could offer new insights and augment our understanding of sex differences in cardiovascular diseases.

Objective

To evaluate whether longitudinal patterns of blood pressure (BP) elevation differ between women and men during the life course when considering baseline BP levels as the reference.

Design, setting, and participants

We conducted sex-specific analyses

SUBMITTER: Ji H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990675 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature