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Aortic structure may affect midlife rise in pulse pressure, aortic stiffness in women (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-14
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Aortic structure may affect midlife rise in pulse pressure, aortic stiffness in women
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-14
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10.1161/hypertensionaha.126.27015
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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedContradicting conventional wisdom, menopause may not be the driving force behind an increase in aortic stiffness in women after midlife.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedResearchers analyzed data from the Framingham Heart Study to investigate whether the timing of the change from falling to rising pulse pressure was connected to menopause timing.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedPulse pressure reached its lowest point about a decade earlier in women than in men: in their late 30s among women rather than their late 40s among men.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedWhether menopause occurred early, late or at a typical time had no influence on the age at which women had the lowest pulse pressure, which occurred up to two decades before the onset of menopause.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedup to two decades before menopause
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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedPulse pressure increased with age in both men and women after midlife, but the increase was faster in women, producing a higher average pulse pressure in women than in men after age 60.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedThe senior author said the results suggest that factors other than the timing of the final menstrual period were likely involved in the accelerated increase in pulse pressure in women after midlife.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe article advises health care professionals to consider pulse pressure in middle-aged and older patients, especially women, and says women should sound the alarm if pulse pressure is higher than 60 mm Hg, such as 130/70 mm Hg.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC · 15 candidate papers
Blood Pressure Discrepancy Between Arm and Finger as a Predictor of Intradialytic Hypotension: A Pilot Study.
Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis : Official Peer-reviewed Journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy · 2026 · PubMed
Menopause influences aortic pulse pressure and pressure wave responses to metaboreflex activation in women
Menopause · 2022 · Crossref
Sex Differences in Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in the UK Biobank: A Prospective Cohort Study.
2026 · Europe PMC
Relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and left atrial stiffness estimated from echocardiographic parameters and left atrial pressure in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Heart and Vessels · 2026 · PubMed
Abstract 4362048: Relationship between menopause timing and age-associated pulse pressure widening in the Framingham Heart Study
Circulation · 2025 · Crossref
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