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Sex differences in primary hypertension

Overview of attention for article published in Biology of Sex Differences, March 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)

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Title
Sex differences in primary hypertension
Published in
Biology of Sex Differences, March 2012
DOI 10.1186/2042-6410-3-7
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Authors

Kathryn Sandberg, Hong Ji

Abstract

Men have higher blood pressure than women through much of life regardless of race and ethnicity. This is a robust and highly conserved sex difference that it is also observed across species including dogs, rats, mice and chickens and it is found in induced, genetic and transgenic animal models of hypertension. Not only do the differences between the ovarian and testicular hormonal milieu contribute to this sexual dimorphism in blood pressure, the sex chromosomes also play a role in and of themselves. This review primarily focuses on epidemiological studies of blood pressure in men and women and experimental models of hypertension in both sexes. Gaps in current knowledge regarding what underlie male-female differences in blood pressure control are discussed. Elucidating the mechanisms underlying sex differences in hypertension may lead to the development of anti-hypertensives tailored to one's sex and ultimately to improved therapeutic strategies for treating this disease and preventing its devastating consequences.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 2 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 318 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 58 18%
Student > Master 46 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 44 14%
Researcher 29 9%
Student > Postgraduate 15 5%
Other 46 14%
Unknown 85 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 82 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 38 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 3%
Other 46 14%
Unknown 105 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 May 2022.
All research outputs
#3,342,668
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Biology of Sex Differences
#139
of 582 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,238
of 168,987 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Biology of Sex Differences
#1
of 3 outputs
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