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.
Blood pressure tends to increase withage in most societies, and hypertension is slightly morecommon in men than in women, especially in younger andmiddle-aged groups. 2 In the USA, the incidence andprevalence of hypertension are about 1Â·5â2Â·0 times greaterin African Americans than in the white population.