Blood Pressure in the 40s: Women at Greatest Risk
Kringeland and colleagues have published a study examining the link between blood pressure (BP) in the 40s and arterial stiffness (stiff blood vessels) later in life in both women and men.
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Kringeland and colleagues have published a examining the link between blood pressure (BP) in the 40s and arterial stiffness (stiff blood vessels) later in life in both women and men. The findings were published in the international journal European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
They found that women with mildly elevated blood pressure (120鈥139/70鈥89 mmHg) in their 40s had twice the risk of increased arterial stiffness 27 years later. Women with high blood pressure (BP 鈮 140/90 mmHg) had four times the risk 鈥 compared to women with normal BP. This association was not observed in men.
鈥淭hese are entirely new findings, which may explain why high blood pressure is a particularly important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women,鈥 says Kringeland.
鈥淭he results highlight the importance of proper blood pressure management in middle-aged women.鈥