Relationship between social support and incident hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study: a cohort study

Objectives Social support may be an important mitigating factor against adverse cardiovascular outcomes by facilitating health-promoting behaviours or by buffering against the negative effects of stress. This study examined the association of social support with incident hypertension.Design Prospect...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	Mario Sims, Paul Muntner, Susan R Heckbert, Barbara N Harding, James S Floyd, Bessie A Young, Caitlin N Hawley, Jolaade Kalinowski
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2022-03-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/3/e054812.full