reviewCurrent Hypertension ReportsMar 7, 2022HYBRID OA

Sex Differences in the Prevalence, Outcomes and Management of Hypertension

PCPaul ConnellyGCGemma CurrieCDChristian Delles

University of Glasgow

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Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review recent data on sex differences in the prevalence, outcomes and management of hypertension. RECENT FINDINGS: Although hypertension is overall more common in males, females experience a much sharper incline in blood pressure from the third decade of life and consequently the prevalence of hypertension accelerates comparatively with age. Mechanisms responsible for these blood pressure trajectories may include the sustained vascular influence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, interactions between the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and sex hormones or even psychosocial gendered factors such as socioeconomic deprivation. Moreover, the impact of hypertension is not uniform and…

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  • Medicine
  • Blood pressure
  • Sexual dimorphism
  • Psychosocial
  • Internal medicine
  • Sex characteristics
  • Pathophysiology of hypertension
  • Physiology
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