Psychosocial Predictors of Hypertension in Men and Women

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Abstract
LABORATORY STRESSORS and real-life difficulties such as job strain1,2 and job dissatisfaction3 can lead to elevations in blood pressure, and stress or distress have been reported in some4-7 but not all8 cohorts to predict the subsequent incidence of sustained hypertension. However, the relative importance of various types of psychosocial factors in the general population remains largely undefined; sex differences in patterns of predictors have been little studied; and interactions with standard hypertension risk factors have not been fully characterized.