At these visits, blood pressure, hormone levels, weight and other health parameters were measured.Ĭindy St. The women began the study between 42 and 52 years old, and they had 17 follow-up visits at roughly one-year intervals. Hilaire: To find out, this group examined data on over 3300 women of diverse ethnicity enrolled in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, or SWAN study. This observation has led to debate over whether menopause might influence the blood pressure trajectory.Ĭindy St. Blood pressure increases with age, but after midlife, the rate of increase for women generally exceeds that for men. Hilaire: The first article I want to share is titled Trajectories of Blood Pressure in Midlife Women: Does Menopause Matter? The first author is Saad Samargandy, and the corresponding author is Samar El Khoudary from the University of Pittsburgh. I'm also going to speak with Dr Alastair Poole and Dr Laura Corbin from the University of Bristol and Dr Stephen White from the Manchester Metropolitan University about their study, Epigenetic Regulation of F2R元 Associates with Myocardial Infarction and Platelet Function.Ĭindy St. Hilaire from the Vascular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh and today I'm going to be highlighting articles from our February issues of Circulation Research. Hilaire: Hi, and welcome to Discover CircRes, the podcast of the American Heart Association's Journal, Circulation Research.
Blood Pressure Trajectories and Menopause This episode also features a conversation with Dr Alastair Poole and Dr Laura Corbin from the University of Bristol and Dr Stephen White from the Manchester Metropolitan University about their study, Epigenetic Regulation of F2R元 Associates with Myocardial Infarction and Platelet Function.
In addition, she previews Circulation Research’s Compendium on Women and Cardiovascular Health, featured in the February 18th issue. Hilaire highlights two original research articles featured in the February 4 issue of Circulation Research. This month on Episode 33 of Discover CircRes, host Cynthia St.
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