Post-traumatic stress disorder as a predictor for incident hypertension: a 3-year retrospective cohort study.

Victoria MendlowiczMaria Luiza Garcia-RosaMarcio GekkerLarissa WermelingerWilliam BergerMariana Pires de LuzPaulo Roberto Telles Pires-DiasCarla Marques-PortelaIvan FigueiraMauro Vitor Mendlowicz

Published in: Psychological medicine (2021)

The present findings highlight the importance of considering a diagnostic hypothesis of PTSD in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
blood pressure
social support
depressive symptoms
coronary artery disease
metabolic syndrome
combination therapy