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Older individuals and those who had received blood pressure medications are more likely to exhibit larger fluctuations in pressure, [72] and there is some evidence that different antihypertensive agents have different effects on blood pressure variability; [65] whether these differences translate to benefits in outcome is uncertain. [65]
Hypertension occurs in approximately 8–10% of pregnancies. [25] Two blood pressure measurements six hours apart of greater than 140/90 mmHg are diagnostic of hypertension in pregnancy. [32] High blood pressure in pregnancy can be classified as pre-existing hypertension, gestational hypertension, or pre-eclampsia. [33]
Labile hypertension occurs when there are unexpected changes in blood pressure.The term can be used to describe when people have blood pressure measurements that abruptly fluctuate from being abnormally high, approximately 140/90mm Hg or over and returns to its normal range.
Black people with fluctuating blood pressure face higher cognitive decline risk. To investigate, ... which included 4,770 individuals aged 65 or older (average age of 71.3). Of these, 66% were ...
"Your blood pressure is supposed to be under 140 over 90, optimally closer to 120 over 80."
Intriguingly, weight gain was not the apparent reason for the rise in blood pressure in 2020, because men lost weight during that time, on average, while women gained the same amount as before the ...
There are more women than men with hypertension, [19] and, although men develop hypertension earlier in life, [20] hypertension in women is less well controlled. [21] [22] The consequences of high blood pressure in women are a major public health problem and hypertension is a more important contributory factor in heart attacks in women than men ...
For most people, recommendations are to reduce blood pressure to less than or equal to somewhere between 140/90 mmHg and 160/100 mmHg. [2] In general, for people with elevated blood pressure, attempting to achieve lower levels of blood pressure than the recommended 140/90 mmHg will create more harm than benefits, [3] in particular for older people. [4]