Analgesic Use and Risk of Subsequent Hypertension in Apparently Healthy Men
Author(s) -
Tobias Kurth,
Charles H. Hennekens,
Til Stürmer,
Howard D. Sesso,
Robert J. Glynn,
Julie E. Buring,
J. Michael Gaziano
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.16.1903
Subject(s) - medicine , aspirin , acetaminophen , analgesic , confidence interval , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , blood pressure , pill , cohort study , relative risk , cohort , confounding , anesthesia , pharmacology
Prospective studies have suggested that women who self-select for use of analgesics have an increased risk of hypertension, but data in men are sparse. We tested whether apparently healthy male physicians who reported analgesic use had an increased risk of subsequent hypertension.
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