dc.contributor.author | Gerdts, Eva | |
dc.contributor.author | de Simone, Giovanni | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-25T11:09:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-25T11:09:42Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-12-03T11:34:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1758-3756 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2992534 | |
dc.description.abstract | Conventionally, hypertension is defined by the same blood pressure (BP) threshold (systolic BP ≥140 and/or diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg) in both women and men. Several studies have documented that women with hypertension are more prone to develop BP-associated organ damage and that high BP is a stronger risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women than men. While healthy young women have lower BP than men, a steeper increase in BP is found in women from the third decade of life. Studies have documented that the BP-attributable risk for acute coronary syndromes (ACS), heart failure and AF increases at a lower level of BP in women than in men. Even high normal BP (130–139/80–89 mmHg) is associated with an up to twofold higher risk of ACS during midlife in women, but not in men. Whether sex-specific thresholds for definition of hypertension would improve CVD risk detection should be considered in future guidelines for hypertension management and CVD prevention. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Radcliffe Medical Media | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Hypertension in women: Should there be a sex-specific threshold? | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright RADCLIFFE CARDIOLOGY 2021 | en_US |
dc.source.articlenumber | e38 | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.15420/ECR.2021.17 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1964155 | |
dc.source.journal | European Cardiology | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | European Cardiology. 2021, 16, e38. | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 16 | en_US |