Better blood pressure management needed for women after strokeMary Beth Nierengarten
Alternative blood pressure (BP) indices include diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP), mid-blood pressure (MBP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). The present study compares the predictive ability for all-cause mortality (ACM) of these indices and the novel BP index mean ...
In a 2004 publication by Gianfranco Parati and their team in their paper “Blood pressure measurement in research and in clinical practice: recent evidence”, question why kPa can’t be a unit of blood pressure, while mmHg was relevant for mercury sphygmomanometers. The conversion between these ...
In a prospective study of 66 women taking oral contraceptives, systolic blood-pressure increased in 50 cases after a year, the mean systolic pressure rising significantly by 6·6 mm. Hg. Mean diastolic pressure did not change significantly and in no case did the blood-pressure rise to 140/90...
As the leading cause of death worldwide, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) present major challenges for health systems. In this study, we analyzed the effects of better population blood pressure control in the context of a proposed 80-80-80 target: 80% of i
The rate of chronic hypertension among pregnant women age 35 and over in the United States has increased by more than 75% since 1970, with black women suffering from persistent high blood pressure at more than twice the rate of white women, according to a Rutgers study. ...
In both CoLaus and RS, during the interview, women reporting being in postmenopause reported whether menopause was natural or due to other causes (e.g., hysterectomy), and the age at menopause. For women with natural menopause, ANM was defined as self-reported age at the time of last men...
Age. As you get older, you are more likely to get high blood pressure. High blood pressure usually affects adults, but it is becoming more common among kids. Sex. Among people under age 64, high blood pressure is more likely to affect men than women. But after age 65, women are at...
You can bring down your systolic blood pressure 2-4 points when you limit yourself to one alcoholic drink a day – for women or people assigned female at birth (AFAB) – or two drinks daily – for men or people assigned male at birth (AMAB). One drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounc...
High blood pressure is a big problem in both men and women. About 1 in every 2 adult Americans havehigh blood pressure. Many more are at a risk of it. High blood pressure is especially dangerous because you can have it for years without knowing. In fact, 1 in 3 Americans with the co...