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A Quantitative Review of Prospective Evidence Linking Psychological Factors With Hypertension Development

Thomas Rutledge, PhD and Brenda E. Hogan, MA

From the University of Pittsburgh (T.R.), Pittsburgh, Pensylvania and the University of British Columbia (B.E.H.), Vancouver, BC, Canada.



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Fig. 1. Proposed biological and behavioral pathways linking psychological factors to an increased risk of incident hypertension.

 


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Fig. 2. Risk ratio and 95% confidence intervals for relationships between categorically measured psychological factors and hypertension development.

 





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