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Anxiety and depression lowers blood pressure

22-Year follow-up of the population based Hunt study, Norway

Bibliographic Data

ID15369473
AuthorsBjørn Hildrum (Nordland Hospital Trust, corresponding author), Ulla Romild (0000-0002-6529-456X, Namsos Hospital), Jostein Holmen (0000-0003-2449-4888, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Year2011
Volume11
Issue1
Pages601-601
Publication date2011-07-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-11-601
PMID21797992
PMCIDPMC3162525
OpenAlexW2057385280
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited29

This study do not support previous hypothesis that emotional stress may be a cause of hypertension. Our findings indicate that symptoms of anxiety and depression are associated with decrease in blood pressure, particularly when a high symptom level can be detected over decades

Anxiety · Blood pressure · Cardiology · Depression (economics · Diastole · Distress · Heart rate · Mental health · Percentile · Population · Psychiatry · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Clinical Psychology · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year0.92
Citation span2013 - 2025 (13)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12

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