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. 2021 Feb 16;143(7):761-763.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049360. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Associations With Cardiovascular Outcomes

Hongwei Ji  1   2 , Teemu J Niiranen  3 , Florian Rader  4 , Mir Henglin  4   5 , Andy Kim  4   5 , Joseph E Ebinger  4 , Brian Claggett  5 , C Noel Bairey Merz  4 , Susan Cheng  4   5
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Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Associations With Cardiovascular Outcomes

Hongwei Ji et al. Circulation. .
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Keywords: blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; sex.

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Sex differences in associations of systolic blood pressure (BP) with incident cardiovascular disease. Sex-specific associations of systolic BP and hazards for incident cardiovascular disease were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models (systolic BP <100 mm Hg as referent) adjusting for age, race, body mass index, diastolic BP, antihypertensive therapy, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, total cholesterol level, cholesterol-lowering medication, diabetes mellitus, and smoking status. Results with significant hazards are depicted in bold color symbols, and results with nonsignificant hazards are depicted in faded color symbols. Values for both adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval [CI]) and unadjusted incidence (95% CI) per 1000 person-years (py) are provided to display both the relative and absolute risks associated with increasing systolic BP range in women and men.
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