HEALTH AND DISEASE STATUS IN THE BLSA WOMEN--DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASES

上了年纪的女性经历的生活变化与男性不同。在过去的时间里 一年，来自BLSA的数据被分析以比较性别相似性 差异：(1)高血压的药物治疗；(2)症状 关于胸痛及其与心脏关系的研究报告 疾病，以及肌肉骨骼疼痛报告的差异，以及 (3)女性压力性尿失禁患病率及其影响因素 与衰老过程的关系。在过去的一年里进展缓慢 都是在这些研究中做出的。高血压的治疗在两种情况下进行了比较 各时期(1978-1982年和1987-1991年)。没有发现主要的差异在 高血压的治疗无论是在一段时间内，还是在 新药在两者之间可用时的应用 时间段。胸痛被发现是一种常见的健康主诉 无论是女性还是男性。不同年龄段的患病率不同， 性别，约25%的女性按年龄报告胸痛 在整个成年寿命中，而男性的 报告随着年龄的增长而增加。女性报告的脖子和手臂也更多 疼痛，而男性报告的背部疼痛更多。进一步的分析是 这两项研究都取得了进展。

Aging women experience life changes differently than men. Over the past year, data from the BLSA were analyzed to compare gender similarities and differences (1) in drug treatment of hypertension, (2) symptom reporting with the study of chest pain and its association with heart disease, and differences in the reporting of musculoskeletal pains, and (3) the prevalence of urinary stress incontinence in women and its relationship to the aging process. In the past year slow progress has been made in these studies. Hypertension treatment was compared in two periods (1978-1982 and 1987-1991). No major differences were found in the treatment of hypertension in either time period, or in the application of new medications as they became available between the two time periods. Chest pain was found to be a common health complaint for both women and men. The prevalence at different ages was different by sex, with approximately 25% of women reporting chest pain by age throughout the adult life-span, while men showed an increase in reporting with increasing age. Women also reported more neck and arm pain, while men reported more back pain. Further analyses are progressing in both of these studies.