Gender Differences in the Role of Social Support for Hypertension Prevention in Canada: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between social support and hypertension is poorly understood in women and men. We investigated whether multiple measures of social support are linked to blood pressure levels differentially by gender.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of 28,779 middle-age and older-age adults (45-85 years) in the baseline Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging comprehensive cohort. Stratified multivariable regression models estimated the role and relative contribution of 4 types of support to blood pressure in women and men.

Results

The highest levels of perceived availability of informational, tangible, emotional, and belonging support were significantly associated with the lowest mean level of systolic blood pressure (SBP) but not diastolic blood pressure, inde

SUBMITTER: Hosseini Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature