Sex-Specific Blood Pressure Thresholds in Middle-Aged Adults
In this middle-aged population, there were no consistent differences in BP distribution, risk factor burden, absolute risk, or relative risk of CVD between male and female adults. These findings do not support a sex-specific threshold for hypertension.
Authors
- B. Gwen Windham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6240-5044)
- Katie Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8048-867X)
- Benjamin Grobman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-6243)
- Fredrick Larbi Kwapong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5585-632X)
- Hannah Col (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2382-1632)
- Stephen Paul Juraschek
- Long H Ngo
- Mingyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3628-0983)
- Natalie R. Daya
- Ruth-Alma N. Turkson-Ocran
- Lynne Wagenknecht
- Josef Coresh
- Elizabeth Selvin
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hypertension
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.125.25490
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00