Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and risk of hypertension over 22 years in a large cohort of younger and middle-aged women

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 3105-3116

  Sumner, J A ^a,b   Kubzansky, L D ^b   Roberts, A L ^b   Gilsanz, P ^b   Chen, Q ^c   Winning, A ^b   Forman, J P ^d,e   Rimm, E B ^b,e   Koenen, K C ^b,f,g  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; hypertension; post traumatic stress disorder; trauma; women

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84983050233     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291716001914     Document Type: Article

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