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High Blood Pressure

Risk Factors and Prevention - Risk Factors

Anyone can develop high blood pressure. But your chances of getting high blood pressure are higher if you

  • are overweight or obese
  • are a man over the age of 45 or a woman over the age of 55
  • have a family history of high blood pressure
  • have pre-hypertension, a reading of 120-139/80-89 mmHg.

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