Sex Differences in Hypertension and Stroke Risk in the REGARDS Study

Little is known about whether the relationship between hypertension and ischemic stroke differs by sex. We examined sex differences in the association between hypertension severity and treatment and ischemic stroke risk. We used a longitudinal cohort study in the continental United States, with oversampling of black individuals and those living in the stroke belt. We included 26 461 participants recruited from 2003 to 2007 without prevalent...