This enables the measuring accuracy of the blood pressure watch to be increased by more than 70 per cent. Clinical trials of the device are currently under way. The first measurements have already been taken in parallel with a catheter procedure - with very promising results.
After menopause, a woman's risk of high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases increases greatly; the risk increases significantly faster for women after hysterectomy, perhaps because the uterus produces chemicals that help regulate blood pressure.
High blood pressure in women. The prevalence of hypertension among men and women is closely correlated with age. At age 35, a woman is only one-third as likely to have high blood pressure, and fares better in her prognosis, than a man her same age. By age 65, this gap evens out, with women running the same risk as men.ome factors that affect blood pressure canât be helped, like age, race, heredity, and gender. Then there are other predominant factors, such as diet, lifestyle, environment and emotional state, that are just as important and wholly within your control.