{"id":3100,"date":"2021-10-08T04:18:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2021-10-08T04:18:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:18:23","slug":"how-the-risks-of-uncontrolled-high-blood-pressure-is-affected-by-both-gender-and-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/how-the-risks-of-uncontrolled-high-blood-pressure-is-affected-by-both-gender-and-age\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Risks Of Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Is Affected By Both Gender And Age"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Within the United States alone, almost half of all the adult population<\/a> has difficulty controlling their blood pressure. According to research, older women and younger men tend to have issues controlling their hypertension, even though some of them are already taking medication to lower their blood pressure.<\/p>\n

According to health experts, aside from one\u2019s lifestyle choices, some individuals have a low tolerance for such medications that help manage hypertension.<\/p>\n

As described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hypertension<\/a>, otherwise known as high blood pressure, \u2018is blood pressure that is higher than normal.\u2019 When this occurs, it also heightens one risk of a number of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney disease, and even complications from COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Notably, over 92 million adults in the United States suffer from high blood pressure. Yet despite these statistics, there are very few studies that look into the way hypertension affects both men and women in their different ages.<\/p>\n

But postdoctoral research fellow at Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research in New Brunswick, NJ, Aayush Visaria, M.D., M.P.H. led a study that looked into this particular issue. The results were presented at the American Heart Association\u2019s (AHA) Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Study Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to do the study, Dr. Visaria and team looked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys<\/a>from 1999 to 2018.<\/p>\n

The data included over 13,200 adults from the age of 20 and older that had been diagnosed with hypertension and were taking medication to lower their blood pressure.<\/p>\n

On average, the participants\u2019 age was 57 years, with women making up 52% of the participants, and 71% of the participants were white.<\/p>\n

The research group separated all the participants into 10-year age groups, after which they compared the rates of the uncontrolled hypertension between the women and the men.<\/p>\n

They also looked at the hypertension control rates by \u2018using older and newer definitions of high blood pressure.\u2019 According to the 2014 Joint National Commission<\/a> (JNC) guidelines, they explain high blood pressure to be 140\/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or higher, while in 2017<\/a>, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and AHA had guidelines that defined it as 130\/80 mm Hg or higher.<\/p>\n

The research group also made sure to adjust their data for comorbidities, as well as social, behavioral, metabolic and demographic factors.<\/p>\n

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Looking At Uncontrolled Hypertension<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the gathered data, the study authors found that 34% of the 13,253 participants had uncontrolled hypertension. Also, mean and women between the ages of 50 to 69 that had similar chances of having this condition as well. Although, the study also shared the following different observations in the other age groups:<\/p>\n