Sex Differences in Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in the UK Biobank: A Prospective Cohort Study
CVD risk is lowest for women at a slightly lower SBP than men and RRs for CVD increase with SBP at a slightly steeper rate in women. However, both risks and RDs in women are never greater than in men. This evidence does not support lower thresholds for diagnosis of hypertension in women.
Authors
- Rebecca K. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-8520)
- Mark Woodward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9800-5296)
- Katie Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2444-2869)
- Paul Muntner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-5492)
- Cheryl E. Carcel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-953X)
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Hypertension
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpaf214
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39