The Contributions of Hypertension Diagnosis and Blood Pressure Control to Subjective Life Expectancy in a Representative Sample of Older U.S. Adults | Zendy

Meghan Zacher | Zendy; Jiwen Wang | Zendy; Susan E. Short | Zendy

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The Contributions of Hypertension Diagnosis and Blood Pressure Control to Subjective Life Expectancy in a Representative Sample of Older U.S. Adults

Author(s) -

Meghan Zacher,

Jiwen Wang,

Susan E. Short

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbab022

Subject(s) - life expectancy , expectancy theory , sample (material) , psychology , blood pressure , gerontology , control (management) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , computer science , environmental health , artificial intelligence , chemistry , chromatography , population

High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension, a major risk factor for death and disease, is pervasive among older adults. While reducing BP to targeted levels can prevent adverse outcomes, rates of successful BP control remain suboptimal, and it is unclear whether older adults recognize its proven benefits. The current study sheds light on older adults' beliefs about the consequences of hypertension and benefits of BP control by examining how their self-reports of hypertension diagnosis and BP control, as well as measured BP, contribute to subjective life expectancy (SLE), their perceived probability of surviving to a target age.

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