The Big Picture: Dr. Adriana Davis, Family Medicine, “Couples can share more than love, they can also share high blood pressure!”
Doctor’s Expert Insights About High Blood Pressure and Couples in Georgia
Know this: “A recent study has highlighted a fascinating trend in heterosexual couples–if one partner has high blood pressure, it’s quite likely the other does too. So, this is an important study that highlights how interconnected the nature of health is within a household. Especially how those variables can impact chronic conditions like hypertension. It’s no surprise, that we tend to eat, workout, and interplay with people whom we share a home with. As such, it becomes important to understand that modifiable diets and physical activity can have an outsized impact on our overall health. High blood pressure is something that we can manage very well. Make sure you know each other’s important health variables such as A1c, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. Then, if they need improvement, you can work in hand with your healthcare team to improve those metrics!” Dr. Shelandra Bell, Family Medicine.
Beyond the news: Studies like this show that improving compliance and outcomes in hypertension management can be a family effort.
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The study found that couples in the U.S., England, China, and India found a significant prevalence of shared high blood pressure among the couples.
This finding is significant considering that hypertension is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and is prevalent globally.
“High blood pressure is more common in the U.S. and England than in China and India, however, the association between couples’ blood pressure status was stronger in China and India than in the U.S and…
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