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Association of psychological stress with wives’ hypertension across over 10 million Chinese married female population aged 20–49 years

Authors :
Zhenyan Zhao
Jiajing Jia
Xinyi Lyu
Lihua Zhang
Yuanyuan Wang
Yuan He
Zuoqi Peng
Ya Zhang
Hongguang Zhang
Qiaomei Wang
Haiping Shen
Yiping Zhang
Donghai Yan
Xu Ma
Ying Yang
Xiangxiang Pan
Peifang Wei
Source :
Chinese Medical Journal, Vol 137, Iss 13, Pp 1583-1591 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Wolters Kluwer, 2024.

Abstract

Abstract. Background:. Psychological stress has been reported to be a potential risk factor for hypertension among females, but it remains unclear whether spousal chronic stress levels alter the risk of hypertension among women. We examined the associations between stress within the family and hypertension among married women. Methods:. Reproductive-aged women who were planning for pregnancy and their husbands were recruited from the National Free Pre-pregnancy Checkup Projects (NFPCP) across 31 provinces in China in 2016 and 2017. Perceived stress of wives or husbands was measured with a 5-point Likert-type scale, and assessed from three domains: work/life-related stress, economic stress, and overall stress. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models were used to assess the associations between stress status and the prevalence of hypertension. Results:. Of 10,027,644 couples, 261,098 (2.60%) women had hypertension. The results showed that higher stress levels among themselves or their husbands were associated with a higher prevalence of hypertension in women (Pfor trend

Subjects

Subjects :
Medicine

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03666999, 25425641, and 00000000
Volume :
137
Issue :
13
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Chinese Medical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f360b31fb64842898803d630b0086119
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/CM9.0000000000003065