Current Smoking Raises Risk of Incident Hypertension: Hispanic Community Health Study-Study of Latinos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension has been implicated as a smoking-related risk factor for cardiovascular disease but the dose-response relationship is incompletely described. Hispanics, who often have relatively light smoking exposures, have been understudied in this regard.

Methods

We used data from a 6-year follow-up study of US Hispanic adults aged 18-76 to address the dose-response linking cigarette use with incident hypertension, which was defined by measured blood pressure above 140/90 mm Hg or initiation of antihypertensive medications. Adjustment was performed for potential confounders and mediators, including urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio which worsened over time among smokers.

Results

Current smoking was associated with incident hypertension, with a threshold e

SUBMITTER: Kaplan RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7951044 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature