Key result
Very high levels of baseline anxiety independently predicted an increased risk of developing hypertension in middle-aged men (RR 2.19; 95% CI 1.22-3.94), but not in older men or women.
Why the study?
Do heightened anxiety and anger increase the risk of developing hypertension in initially normotensive adults?
Population
1123 initially normotensive persons from the Framingham Heart Study, stratified by age and gender.
Comparison
Heightened anxiety, heightened anger intensity… vs Lower levels of anxiety and anger symptoms
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
18 to 20 years
Authors
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Anxiety or anger traits may associate with later hypertension; leaves open causality and any role for psychological intervention.
Cohort (n=1,123)
Do heightened anxiety and anger increase the risk of developing hypertension in initially normotensive adults?
Relative Risk: 2.19 (95% CI 1.22–3.94)
p-value: p=0.02
High levels of anxiety independently predict the long-term development of hypertension in middle-aged men, but not in women or older men.
Jerome H. Markovitz (1993) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=1,123). High levels of anxiety vs. Lower levels of anxiety was evaluated on Hypertension (taking medication for hypertension or blood pressures >160/95 mm Hg) (RR 2.19, 95% CI 1.22 to 3.94, p=0.02). Very high levels of baseline anxiety independently predicted an increased risk of developing hypertension in middle-aged men (RR 2.19; 95% CI 1.22-3.94), but not in older men or women.
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