Blood pressure, hypertension, and the risk of aortic aneurysm in the UK Biobank
We found that hypertension status and higher diastolic blood pressure were associated with increased risk of aortic aneurysm overall and most aortic aneurysm subtypes. No association was observed for systolic blood pressure. Although further studies are needed on aortic aneurysm subtypes, these findings provide strong support that controlling blood pressure is important for reducing the risk of aortic aneurysm.
Authors
- Makoto Hibino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-8744)
- Rahat Fatima Naqvi
- Antonio J. Berlanga‐Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-7332)
- Dagfinn Aune (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-1722)
- Lili Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4540-9267)
- Alicia K. Heath
- Ghaliah Baroom
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (NO)
- Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI (MX)
- Cancer Registry of Norway (NO)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-025-05279-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- South East Regional Health Authority