There is a paucity of research on prehypertension and incident hypertension among postmenopausal Hispanic women. The overall objective is to determine the multiple risk factors associated with the prevalence of hypertension status at baseline and incident hypertension at year 3 in postmenopausal Hispanic women.For the analyses in this paper, we included a total of 4,680 Hispanic women who participated in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a randomized clinical trial and observational study, at baseline (1994-1998) and at third-year follow-up and for whom blood pressure was measured at year 3 (n = 3,848). Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95
作者:Ruth E, Zambrana;Lenny, López;Gniesha Y, Dinwiddie;Roberta M, Ray;Lawrence S, Phillips;Maurizio, Trevisan;Sylvia, Wassertheil-Smoller
来源:American journal of hypertension 2014 年 27卷 3期