ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2019
Anxiety and Hypertension: Is There a Link? A Literature Review of the Comorbidity Relationship Between Anxiety and Hypertension.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Between Depression and Risk of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
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- Gender Differences in the Association Between Depression, Anxiety and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hypertensive Patients: A Cohort Study.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Association between adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet and depression and anxiety severity in the Mashhad Stroke and Heart Atherosclerotic Disorder study population.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations between symptoms of depression and anxiety with left ventricular hypertrophy among Hispanic/Latino participants of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Anxiety in Chinese Outpatient Population with Somatic Symptom Disorder.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Article
- The Overlooked Driver of Hypertension: Mental Stress at the Crossroad of Cardiology and Psychiatry.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2025Review
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- Exploring Anxiety Triggers in Non-sedated Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Prospective Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Observational
- Modeling Pain Without Injury: Inherited Rodent Models as Mechanistic Windows into Chronic Pain.Function (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
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- Association between triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and risk of depression in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: Evidence from a large national cohort study.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Article
- Association Between Multidimensional Social Participation and Hypertension Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Article
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- Hypertension Management in Women With a Multidisciplinary Approach.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2025Review
- Elevated isoleucine may be a protective factor for primary hypertension: A pooled causal effect study.Medicine · 2025Article
- Closing the Gap: Digital Innovations to Address Hypertension Disparities.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- The impact of psychological factors on hypertension and its psychological intervention in pilot selection candidates.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo review the most recent literature on the association between comorbid anxiety disorders and hypertension. RECENT
findingsRecent longitudinal and cross-sectional studies across geographic regions and age groups predominantly demonstrate a positive association between comorbid anxiety and prevalent or incident hypertension. Growing research on blood pressure variability and reduced baroreflex sensitivity in response to autonomic dysfunction provides a greater understanding of mechanistic relationships between anxiety and hypertension. Observational studies demonstrate that young adults are at a higher risk for developing incident hypertension after an anxiety diagnosis, supporting longer exposure to alterations in autonomic mechanisms. Confounding relationships of comorbid anxiety with depression likely contribute to prior conflicting results on the association between anxiety and hypertension. There is increasing evidence of a positive association between comorbid anxiety and hypertension. This contemporaneous review supports similar findings in historical studies and provides mechanistic hypotheses for larger, longitudinal studies.
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