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Should women have lower blood pressure targets than men? Sex differences in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank

2024-09-04 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundRecent studies show that the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases from a lower nadir of systolic blood pressure (SBP) in women than men, and increases thereafter at a greater rate. This has led to a suggestion that sex-based SBP thresholds are required. We aimed to investigate sex differences in the associations of SBP and incident atherosclerotic CVD in a large prospective cohort. Methods420,649 UK Biobank participants with no prior history of CVD were included. Age-adjuste...

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