Risk Factors for Hypertension

List of Risk Factors for Hypertension

The list of risk factors mentioned for Hypertension in various sources includes:

• Obesity
• Overweight
• Diabetes
• Age
• Race - African Americans have a higher risk than Caucasians.
• Family history of high blood pressure
• High-normal blood pressure
• High salt diet
• High saturated fat diet
• Lack of exercise
• Poor physical fitness
• Alcohol
• Alcoholism
• Stress
• Inactivity

Risk factor statistics for Hypertension:

The following are statistics from various sources about the risk factors for Hypertension:

• Physical inactivity increases the risk of hypertension by 30% (World Heart Federation Fact-Sheet, 2002)

Risk factors discussion:

Diabetes Statistics in the United States: NIDDK (Excerpt)

An estimated 60 to 65 percent of people with diabetes have high blood pressure. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Statistics in the United States: NIDDK)

Heart Disease & Women Controlling High Blood Pressure A Woman's Guide: NHLBI (Excerpt)

Others who are at a high risk of developing it are African Americans, the overweight, those with a family history of high blood pressure, and those with a high-normal blood pressure. (Source: excerpt from Heart Disease & Women Controlling High Blood Pressure A Woman's Guide: NHLBI)

Heart Disease & Women Preventing & Controlling High Blood Pressure: NHLBI (Excerpt)

It is also important to know that if you take birth control pills, your blood pressure is apt to increase slightly. The risk appears to increase with age and with length of use. If you are taking oral contraceptives, you should get your blood pressure checked regularly. If hypertension develops, you should stop using the pill. (Source: excerpt from Heart Disease & Women Preventing & Controlling High Blood Pressure: NHLBI)

NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI (Excerpt)

Older women have a higher risk of high blood pressure, with more than half of all women over age 55 suffering from this condition. High blood pressure is more common and more severe in African-American women than it is in white women. Using birth control pills can contribute to high blood pressure in some women. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI)

NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI (Excerpt)

Blood pressure tends to get higher as you age. So, even if your blood pressure is normal now, it makes sense to take steps to prevent high blood pressure in the years to come. You will be less likely to develop high blood pressure if you are physically active, maintain a healthy weight, limit your alcohol intake, and cut down on salt and sodium. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI Heart Disease & Women Are You At Risk: NHLBI)

Alcohol What You Don't Know Can Harm You: NIAAA (Excerpt)

Moderate drinking can have beneficial effects on the heart, especially among those at greatest risk for heart attacks, such as men over the age of 45 and women after menopause. But long-term heavy drinking increases the risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, and some kinds of stroke. (Source: excerpt from Alcohol What You Don't Know Can Harm You: NIAAA)

Risks factors for Hypertension: medical news summaries:

The following medical news items are relevant to risk factors for Hypertension:

• 1.56 hypertension sufferers worldwide predicted by 2025
• 2.3.million adverse drug events reported to FDA over 33 years
• AAA linked to inflammatory system
• About metabolic syndrome
• Alcohol consumption without food increases risk of hypertension
• All about obesity
• Aortic disease warning
• Blood protein an indicator for stroke risk
• Breastfeeding lowers blood pressure
• Calcium intake by pregnant women reduces offspring’s risk of high blood pressure
• Calcium is a vital mineral in our diets
• Carbohydrate quantity in diet affects diabetics blood pressure
• Childhood blood pressure linked to adult heart disease
• Children increasingly face adult diseases
• Co-morbidities override high blood pressure
• Common co-morbidities causing complications post-operatively
• Complications of pregnancy link to future stroke risk
• Control of blood pressure improves memory
• DASH diet alleviates many health problems
• Death of mother from pre-eclampsia after delivering child
• Dementia more prevalent in black Americans
• Dementia risk factors determined
• Diabetes linked to smoking
• Diabetic and complications
• Diabetic eye problems
• Diabetics need to be more aware of benefits of aspirin
• Different hypertension drug therapy combinations pose different level of risk
• Diuretics are cheap and the benefits outweigh the risks
• Eating for your health
• Ecstasy overuse medically unsafe
• Eye management in diabetes
• FDA warns consumers about dietary supplements that treat erectile dysfunction
• Folate intake linked to reduced risk of hypertension
• Fruit and vegetables stave off cancer
• GI diet to assist cystic ovary disease
• Heart attack risk may be determined by testing blood pressure after exercise
• Heart attacks prevented with new drug regime
• Heart disease and stress
• Heart disease established from embryonic stage
• Heart disease link to impotence
• Heart suffers from diet pill
• High blood pressure associated with analgesics use
• High blood pressure helped with low-fat milk
• High blood pressure in blacks not due to genetics
• High blood pressure may be improved by meditation
• High blood pressure not caused by coffee intake
• High blood pressure sufferers should be wary of decongestant use
• High risk of stroke for diabetics
• High salt consumption can cause a range of health problems
• Hypertension needs rapid attention
• Hypertension risk may be lowered by high folate intake
• Impotence and hypertension
• Inadequate diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
• Kidney disease goes in hand with obesity
• Kidney disease is a seriously underdiagnosed condition in Australia
• Lack of sleep influences illnesses
• Liver damage implicated in high blood pressure
• Long term effects of obesity surgery examined
• LVH may increase the risk of adverse events in hypertensive patients
• Meditation improves blood pressure even in children
• Men taking hypertension drugs can also safely use Viagra
• Mental abilities may be compromised by high blood pressure
• Metabolic syndrome (X)
• Metabolic syndrome and heart disease risk
• New Heart Disease risk factors
• New risk factors may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk
• Obesity causing dramatic increase in diabetes
• Obesity increases risk of complications during pregnancy
• Obesity is associated with an increased risk of many conditions
• Only certain vegetables and fruits may have cancer fighting properties
• Oral contraceptive use may increase risk of high blood pressure
• Persistent pulmonary hypertension needs rapid diagnosis and treatment
• Poor compliance of elderly with antihypertensives
• Pregnancy-induced hypertension predicts metabolic syndrome in later life.
• Prolonged use of HIV treatment leads to heart disease and stroke
• Proposed over the counter cholesterol drug still under doubt
• Proximity to old toxic waste storage sites may be linked to increased risk of conditions such as respiratory disease
• Racial discrepancy with diet and breast cancer
• Recurrent nosebleeds to be taken seriously
• Resistant hypertension soon to be manageable
• Risk factors for postnatal depression defined
• Scientists examine effects of lack of activity
• Sensorimotor neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy from diabetes
• Shortened life expectancy with hypertension
• Size of waist linked to diabetes
• Small strokes cause of dementia
• Statins may benefit people at low risk of heart disease
• Stroke sufferers benefit from decrease in blood pressure
• Syndrome X in children
• Tailor made anti-hypertensive drugs to order
• Teenagers and cancer
• The 'know how' to cholesterol
• The whole body toll of high blood pressure
• UK government gets serious about averting high salt consumption
• Vegetarians have lower rates of hypertension than non-vegetarians
• Vioxx tended not to be used by targeted group
• Vioxx to prove that short term use not harmful
• Warning signs of a heart attack

About risk factors:

Risk factors for Hypertension are factors that do not seem to be a direct cause of the disease, but seem to be associated in some way. Having a risk factor for Hypertension makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Hypertension. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Hypertension. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center.