Spousal concordance for hypertension: A meta‐analysis of observational studies

The authors performed a meta‐analysis of observational studies to estimate the magnitude of spousal concordance for hypertension and to examine whether the concordance varied by important study methodological aspects. PubMed and Embase were searched up to June 2017 for cross‐sectional, case‐control, and cohort studies that investigated the concordance/association of hypertension between spouse pairs. A meta‐analysis with random‐effects models...