Associations of Anxiety Symptoms With 6-Year Blood Pressure Changes and Incident Hypertension: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Carlos E RosasAmber PirzadaRamon Durazo-ArvizuLinda C GalloGregory A TalaveraTali ElfassyJianwen CaiMaria M LlabreKrista M PerreiraSylvia Wassertheil-SmollerMartha L DaviglusLisa A P Sanchez-JohnsenPublished in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2024)
Our findings underscore the importance of screening for and treating elevated anxiety symptoms to help prevent hypertension. Further research on the role of sex and underlying mechanisms is warranted.