As we age our blood pressure increases due to vascular stiffness. What is blood pressure? Why should you care? What does it affect? Listen in to my latest episode of JOANTalks as I share more with you. Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe to JOANTalks!

Links:

Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/tips-to-measure-your-blood-pressure-correctly#:~:text=Sit%20quietly%20for%20five%20minutes,a%20brief%20break%20in%20between.

American Heart Association

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/05/22/how-to-accurately-measure-blood-pressure-at-home

Singapore Heart foundation

https://www.myheart.org.sg/heart-news/measure-blood-pressure/ *meta analysishttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11911-8/abstract Blood

Pressure and Aging

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2805932/pdf/109.pdf

Hypertension and Nephropathy

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16481878/

SPRINT MIND Trial: Blood Pressure and Dementia

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2723256SPRINT trial 2015https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156910/#:~:text=The%20primary%20hypothesis%20for%20SPRINT,infarction%2C%20acute%20coronary%20syndrome%20not

Categories of BP in Adults

https://fitnessfactory.com.sg/pastedgraphic-1/