Living with overweight or obesity Risk factors we don’t have control over include: Age. Our blood vessels thicken and stiffen as we age, which can lead to higher blood pressure. Genetics.

Shruti Gupta, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues examined risk factors and time to onset of VSPI-associated grade 3 or higher hypertension and grade 2 ...

Normal: SBP less than 120 and DBP less than 80. Elevated: SBP 120-129 and DBP less than 80. Stage 1 hypertension: SBP 130-139 and DBP 80-89. Stage 2 Hypertension: SBP 140 or higher and DBP 90 or ...

Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. But it doesn’t always have symptoms, so about one in three people don’t know they have it.