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Military sexual trauma and incident hypertension: a 16-year cohort study of young and middle-aged men and women
Gaffey AE, Rosman L, Sico JJ, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Bathulapalli H, Han L, Dziura J, Skanderson M, Burg MM. Military sexual trauma and incident hypertension: a 16-year cohort study of young and middle-aged men and women. Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 40: 2307-2315. PMID: 35983872, DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000003267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident hypertensionRisk factorsPsychiatric disordersMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelVeterans Health Administration dataGreater riskCox proportional hazards modelTrauma-related psychiatric disordersMiddle-aged veteransCardiovascular risk factorsBaseline blood pressureElevated cardiovascular riskLarge prospective cohortHealth Administration dataMiddle-aged menProportional hazards modelSex-specific analysesPosttraumatic stress disorderMilitary sexual traumaCardiovascular riskCohort studyProspective cohortBlood pressureTreatment attenuatesCardiovascular impact
2020
Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on sleep in healthy, normotensive men and women.
Gaffey AE, Schwartz JE, Harris KM, Hall MH, Burg MM. Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on sleep in healthy, normotensive men and women. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2020, 26: 93-101. PMID: 33136653, PMCID: PMC7933045, DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryCircadian RhythmFemaleHumansHypertensionMaleSleepConceptsAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringSleep durationHealthy adultsLater midpointActigraphy-assessed sleepWrist-based accelerometerAmbulatory blood pressurePossible effect modificationBlood pressure monitoringShort sleep durationHealthy young participantsNormotensive menBlood pressureArterial stiffnessSleep disturbancesEffect modificationHealth QuestionnaireObservational studySleep qualityPressure monitoringSleep onsetSleepOlder adultsGreater WASOWASOThe role of insomnia in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension.
Gaffey AE, Redeker NS, Rosman L, Mullington JM, Brandt CA, Haskell SG, Burg MM. The role of insomnia in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension. Journal Of Hypertension 2020, 38: 641-648. PMID: 31725076, PMCID: PMC8176546, DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPTSD symptom severityInsomnia symptomsSymptom severityStress disorderMiddle-aged veteransHigh blood pressureElectronic health record dataSelf-reported treatmentWomen Veterans Cohort StudyCross-sectional associationsHealth record dataRole of insomniaIncident hypertensionCohort studyBlood pressureRecent symptomsCardiovascular healthHypertensionSleep problemsInsomniaSymptomsRecord dataSeveritySelf-report survey