July 28, 2011SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Anxiety and depression lowers blood pressure: 22-year follow-up of the population based HUNT study, Norway

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Why the study?

Are symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with a decrease in blood pressure in a population-based cohort?

Population

Population-based cohort from the HUNT study

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

22 years

Authors

BHBjørn HildrumNordland Hospital Trust URUlla RomildStockholm University JHJostein HolmenGeneral / Preventive / Lipids

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Implication

Challenges stress-BP assumptions in observational data; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

Are symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with a decrease in blood pressure in a population-based cohort?

Population

Population-based cohort from the HUNT study

Intervention

Symptoms of anxiety and depression (exposure)

Outcome

Blood pressuresurrogate

Contrary to previous hypotheses linking emotional stress to hypertension, long-term symptoms of anxiety and depression are associated with lower blood pressure.

Cite This Study

Hildrum et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7be57f39344339dd17d82 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-601

Topics

Hypertension management

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Anxiety and depression lowers blood pressure: 22-year follow-up of the population based HUNT study, Norway

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Anxiety and depression lowers blood pressure: 22-year follow-up of the population based HUNT study, Norway

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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