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Hypertension in Older Adults and the Role of Positive Emotions

Glenn V. Ostir, PhD, Ivonne M. Berges, PhD, Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD and Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD

From the Sealy Center on Aging (G.V.O., I.M.B., K.J.O.), the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (G.V.O., K.S.M.), the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health (G.V.O., K.S.M.), and the Division of Rehabilitation Sciences (K.J.O.), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.


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  		Figure 1. Percentage of older Mexican Americans with high systolic blood pressure by positive emotion score stratified by use of antihypertensive medication (p = .0001 no meds; p = .09 meds).

 

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  		Figure 2. Percentage of older Mexican Americans with high diastolic blood pressure by positive emotion score stratified by use of antihypertensive medication (p = .0001 no meds; p = .0007 meds).

 




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