The effect of hormone therapy on mean blood pressure and visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trials.

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Shimbo, Daichi; Wang, Lu; Lamonte, Michael J; Allison, Matthew; Wellenius, Gregory A; Bavry, Anthony A; Martin, Lisa W; Aragaki, Aaron; Newman, Jonathan D; Swica, Yael; Rossouw, Jacques E; Manson, Joann E; Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia

Source:

Journal of hypertension (2014)

Keywords:

2014, July 2014, Public Health Sciences Division

Abstract:

Mean and visit-to-visit variability (VVV) of blood pressure (BP) are associated with an increased cardiovascular disease risk. We examined the effect of hormone therapy on mean and VVV of BP in postmenopausal women from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) randomized controlled trials.