November 1, 1989American Journal of Epidemiology
A Prospective Study of High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Why the study?
Does self-reported high blood pressure increase the risk of incident coronary heart disease and stroke in middle-aged women initially free from cardiovascular disease?
Population
119,963 women, aged 30-55 years, initially free from cardiovascular disease (Nurses' Health Study cohort).
Comparison
Self-reported high blood pressure vs No self-reported high blood pressure
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
six years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Self-reported hypertension may inform CVD risk assessment in middle-aged women; leaves open prospective validation and causality.
Structured PICO
Does self-reported high blood pressure increase the risk of incident coronary heart disease and stroke in middle-aged women initially free from cardiovascular disease?
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Population
119,963 women, aged 30-55 years, initially free from cardiovascular disease (Nurses' Health Study cohort).
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Intervention
Self-reported high blood pressure
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Comparator
No self-reported high blood pressure
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Outcome
Incident coronary heart disease (fatal and nonfatal myocardial infarctions) and stroke (fatal and nonfatal) over six years of follow-uphard clinical
Self-reported high blood pressure is a strong, independent predictor of coronary heart disease and stroke in middle-aged women, regardless of body weight.
Cite This Study
FLEBACH et al. (1989) studied this question.