Comparison of ambulatory blood pressure and amounts of left ventricular hypertrophy in men versus women with similar levels of hypertensive clinic blood pressures.
The purpose of this study was to assess several indexes of cardiovascular risk in men and women with moderate to severe hypertension. We found that women with moderate and severe hypertension have lower ambulatory blood pressure and less cardiac hypertrophy than men with similar clinic blood pressure.
Diamond
J A
JA
Hypertension Section, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA.
Krakoff
L R
LR
Martin
K
K
Wallenstein
S
S
Phillips
R A
RA
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
D002395:Catecholamines; D002784:Cholesterol