Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course

• Published in: JAMA cardiology Vol. 5; no. 3; p. 19
• Main Authors: Ji, Hongwei, Kim, Andy, Ebinger, Joseph E, Niiranen, Teemu J, Claggett, Brian L, Bairey Merz, C Noel, Cheng, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging - physiology; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Sex Factors; Young Adult

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 vas...