There is strong evidence that sex chromosomes and sex hormones influence blood
pressure (BP) regulation, distribution of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and co-morbidities …

Background Endogenous sex hormones are important for metabolic health in men and
women. Before menopause, women are protected from atherosclerotic cardiovascular …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Background Antihypertensive medicines are effective in reducing adverse cardiovascular
events. Our aim was to compare hypertension awareness, treatment, and control, and how …

Background Uncertainty remains about the optimal monotherapy for hypertension, with
current guidelines recommending any primary agent among the first-line drug classes …

The totality of evidence indicates menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) effects
are determined by timing of initiation according to age and/or time since menopause …

Objective To review the literature systematically and perform meta-analyses to address
these questions: 1) Is there evidence that self-measured blood pressure (BP) without other …

Hypertension is the most important modifiable cause of cardiovascular (CV) disease and all-
cause mortality worldwide. Despite the positive correlations between blood pressure (BP) …

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is undisputedly one of the most prominent endocrine
(tissue-to-tissue), paracrine (cell-to-cell) and intracrine (intracellular/nuclear) vasoactive …

In humans, the combination of all sex-specific genetic, epigenetic, and hormonal influences
of biologic sex produces different in vivo environments for male and female cells. We dissect …