Increased risk of cardiovascular death for patients having hypertension before the age of 50


Increased risk of cardiovascular death for patients having hypertension before the age of 50


Hypertension is a condition where blood pressure becomes very high and if untreated, it can cause several health conditions like heart disease, stroke, etc. and when a person is diagnosed with hypertension before the age of 50, it can have various important health consequences.

According to researchers, diagnosis of hypertension at an earlier age can lead to greater risk of cardiovascular death and can cause genetic susceptibility for the diseases.

It is known that hypertension can lead to high risk of developing cardiovascular outcomes when present in either younger or older age. Researchers studied for decades to know the possible relevance of distinguishing between the importance of hypertension that develops earlier in life and that which develops later in life. They collected blood pressure readings of multiple generations. They also tracked which individuals developed high blood pressure earlier and which developed high blood pressure later in life. They identified the patterns of earlier onset hypertension among families versus later and then compared the lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease in people with earlier onset hypertension versus later.

There are at least two types of high blood pressure, one that develops earlier in life which is most likely due to inherited trait and another that develops later in life which can possibly be due to lifestyle factors. Among the two the type, the type that develops earlier in life is most likely related to greater lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease.

This study can help both patients and provider to pay more attention to the timing of when a person's high blood pressure develops because younger people who develop high blood pressure need to be more carefully managed by their doctors as they are at higher risk of cardiovascular death.

People who develop hypertension earlier in life rather than later can receive more aggressive and targeted therapies to control their blood pressure. These aggressive and targeted therapies could help to reduce their lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease.

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