Socioeconomic status, blood pressure progression, and incident hypertension in a prospective cohort of female health professionals
Why the study?
Does higher socioeconomic status prevent blood pressure progression and incident hypertension in female health professionals?
Structured PICO
Does higher socioeconomic status prevent blood pressure progression and incident hypertension in female health professionals?
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Population
27,207 female health professionals free of hypertension and cardiovascular disease at baseline
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Intervention
Higher socioeconomic status (classified into five education and six income categories)
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Comparator
Lowest education and income categories (referent)
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Outcome
Blood pressure progression at 48 months of follow-up and incident hypertension during the entire study periodhard clinical
Higher education level, but not income, is a strong independent predictor of reduced risk for blood pressure progression and incident hypertension in women.
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Implication
Supports education-stratified risk assessment in women; leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention effects.
Cite This Study
Conen et al. (2009) studied this question.