Menopause and Hypertension
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Menopause and hypertension: an age-old debate.
Premenopausal women (pre-MW) have lower blood pressure (BP) than age-matched men, and women have higher rates of hypertension than men as they age.1 These findings suggest that gender or sex hormones have a prominent role in hypertension. Determining the role of sex hormones in the pathogenesis or progression of hypertension is complex given the effects of aging on the cardiovascular system and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.105742