Spousal Concordance of Hypertension Among Middle-Aged and Older Heterosexual Couples Around the World: Evidence From Studies of Aging in the United States, England, China, and India.

Authors:
Varghese JS; Lu P; Choi D; Kobayashi LC; Ali MK and 2 more

Journal:
J Am Heart Assoc

Publication Year: 2023

DOI:
10.1161/JAHA.123.030765

PMCID:
PMC10863781

PMID:
38054385

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Full Title: J Am Heart Assoc

Abbreviation: J Am Heart Assoc

Country: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Language: N/A

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Subject Category: Vascular Diseases

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

Available in PMC: Yes

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"for example when exploring sex differences if the marginal prevalence of the outcome is similar prevalence ratios in the overall analytic sample for both husbands and wives may be similar (data s1 ).; at higher marginal prevalence in order to observe similar magnitudes of spousal concordance there should be a greater difference between expected and observed concordant hypertension (data s1 ).; data s1 tables s1-s8 figure s1 click here for additional data file."

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"the code for the analysis is available at https://github com/jvargh7/g2aging_family ."

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"Disclosures None."

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"Sources of Funding Funding for this manuscript was provided by Emory Global Diabetes Research Center of Woodruff Health Sciences Center and Emory University. L.C. Kobayashi was supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) R01AG070953. S.A. Patel and M.K. Ali were supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute P01HL154996‐01A1. C. Li was supported by NIA R01AG070953 and R01AG075719."

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