Sex Differences in Cumulative Exposure to Metabolic Risk Factors Before Hypertension Onset: The Cohort of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Background Previous studies have shown a sex difference in the association between hypertension and cardiovascular disease; however, the precise mechanism remains unclear. Because there are strong associations between metabolic risk factors (MRFs) and hypertension, a sex‐specific analysis of MRFs be...

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Published in:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Main Authors: Azra Ramezankhani, Fereidoun Azizi, Amir Abbas Momenan, Farzad Hadaegh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021922