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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hypertension Research
  • Sex and Gender Differences in Health

Background:

  • Hypertension awareness is higher in women than men.
  • Men exhibit higher hypertension prevalence until menopause, after which it shifts.
  • Current treatment practices do not fully align with American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for gender-specific care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review sex/gender differences in blood pressure control.
  • To focus on awareness, prevalence, and treatment disparities in hypertension.
  • To discuss new findings on hypertension mechanisms in animal models and humans.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review focusing on sex/gender differences in hypertension.
  • Analysis of recent discoveries in animal and human studies.
  • Examination of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines.

Main Results:

  • Women show greater hypertension awareness than men.
  • Men have higher prevalence until menopause; women surpass them afterward.
  • Despite guidelines, hypertension treatment is not consistently applied equally between genders.

Conclusions:

  • Further research is needed on sex/gender-specific hypertension mechanisms.
  • Development of specific hypertension treatment guidelines for women and men is required.
  • Understanding these differences is crucial for reducing cardiovascular disease risk in both genders.