Abstract
Rural-dwelling adults face different health concerns and risks than do adults living in urban areas, with reduced assess to care. Studies examining the associations between anxiety and/or depression and blood pressure have yielded mixed results. This study addressed this by examining the association of these symptoms to blood pressure in men compared to women, and for differing racial groups in a rural population in the western United States. Analyses indicate the association between depression and blood pressure differs by race. Further, depressive symptoms were associated with higher diastolic blood pressure for participants at or above the mean of anxiety.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Age Factors
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Anxiety Disorders / ethnology*
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Anxiety Disorders / psychology*
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Black People / psychology*
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Black or African American
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Blood Pressure*
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Cardiovascular Diseases / ethnology*
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Cardiovascular Diseases / psychology
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Depressive Disorder / ethnology*
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Depressive Disorder / psychology*
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Female
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Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
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Humans
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Hyperlipidemias / psychology
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Hypertension / ethnology*
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Hypertension / psychology*
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Indians, North American / psychology*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data
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Psychometrics
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Psychophysiologic Disorders / ethnology*
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Psychophysiologic Disorders / psychology*
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Risk Factors
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Rural Population*
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Statistics as Topic
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Texas
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White People / psychology*