Lack of sleep doubles risk of high blood pressure in men over 70Lyndsay Buckland
blood pressure values of 100-109 mmHg (reference value: 100 mmHg), whereas this was only the case for men from 130-139 mmHg. In addition, the risk of stroke increased in women from a systolic blood pressure of 120 mmHg, while the same risk increased in men from 150 mmHg. Whether ...
Age –A study conducted proved that systolic blood pressure showed an increase with age in both males and females. Sex –There is little evidence that suggests a disparity between high blood pressure among females and males. Men, however, have higher blood pressure values during adolescence and e...
According to the JNC 7, half the adult population is prehypertensive or hypertensive, and because blood pressure increases with age, most people will become hypertensive if they live long enough. Younger vs. Older Men With High Blood Pressure Younger men with high blood pressure typically have hi...
Figure 2 Age-related trends of systolic blood pressure by apolipoprotein E genotype and plasma uric acid level. We found that the younger carriers of the e4/4 genotype (that is, those aged about 60 years) had significantly higher systolic BP than the other groups. This is consistent with ...
pressure as reported in NCD-RisC. However, our method produced estimates of the prevalence of raised blood pressure that showed excellent agreement with NCD-RisC estimates (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.941 (95% confidence interval: 0.929, 0.951)). Country-specific, age-specific and sex-...
The time at which hypertension treatment should be initiated for different age groups and sexes remains controversial. We aimed to determine whether the association between blood pressure (BP) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) varies with ag
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...
Intensive (<130/80 mm Hg) blood pressure (BP) lowering in older people might give greater reduction in cardiovascular risk, but there are concerns that this might produce hypoperfusion which may precipitate falls and possibly stroke. We determined the effect of intensive compared with usual BP ...
Additional file 1: Table SA: Influence of systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure on falls in women and men aged 60 years and older stratified by age in the VHM&PP cohort. (PDF 117 KB) 12877_2012_856_MOESM2_ESM.pdf Additional file 2: Table SB: Influence of systolic, diast...