GENDERHypertension is a disease defined as persistently elevated arterial blood pressure (BP) with systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure of less than 80 mm Hg. Age is one the most common predictor and non-modifiable risk factor of hypertension. Hypert...
No, kPa (kilopascals) and mmHg (millimeters of mercury) are not the same, but they are both units of pressure used to measure blood pressure. In a 2004 publication by Gianfranco Parati and their team in their paper “Blood pressure measurement in research and in clinical practice: recent evi...
Blood pressure readings have two numbers, which are read as one number “over” the other. These numbers show the highest and lowest levels of pressure in your arteries during the blood pressure reading. For example: 110/70 mm Hg. Blood pressure is measured in mm Hg, which stands for mill...
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This report presents the distribution of blood pressure levels of U.S. children aged 6-11 years by age, sex, and race. Data were obtained in Cycle II of the Health Examination Survey (HES), which is one of the major programs of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) concerned...
trends of blood pressure levels by apolipoprotein E genotype: the Bambuı` cohort study of ageing (1997–2008) Maria Le´a Correa Leite1, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa2 and Emilio H Moriguchi3 The role of apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphisms in regulating blood pressure (BP) is still not ...
A low salt diet will significantly lower blood pressure. The effect is most pronounced in the middle-aged or elderly, but the beneficial effects of the low sodium diet are seen in all people regardless of age, sex, race, diabetes, or body mass index. The effect is then whether a person...
OBJECTIVE To examine whether high-intensity interval walking training increased thigh muscle strength and peak aerobic capacity and reduced blood pressure ... Ken-ichi,Nemoto,and,... - 《Mayo Clinic Proceedings》 被引量: 214发表: 2007年 Influence of age and gender on exercise training-induced blo...
Depending on age, different blood pressure values are considered “normal”. If there are deviations, the systolic and diastolic values are usually either increased or decreased together. However, there can also be a deviation of only one of the two values.3 Table 1: Blood pressure values- ref...
Although it is difficult to modify certain influencing factors like family history, ethnicity, increasing age, gender and other co-morbidities. It is always possible to take certain steps to keep up a healthy lifestyle which will in turn maintainregular blood pressure levels. ...