Women’s BP rises more rapidly through life than previously thought
Study challenges prevailing belief about gender differences in cardiac health
Women experience steeper rises in blood pressure throughout life than men, a new study suggests, upending the notion that vascular disease processes in women lag behind men by 10-20 years.
The findings also suggest that such hypertensive changes could begin in early adulthood and dictate the development of cardiovascular disease in later life, researchers say.
