Women with high blood pressure get different treatment to men
Women who are treated for high blood pressure are not given the same medication as men, nor do they hit the treatment targets as often. This is revealed in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, including studies of over 40,000 patients.High blood pressure is one of the most common risk factor for cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart failure and heart attack in both women and men. According to WHO, raised blood pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths worldwide, about 12.8% of the total of all deaths. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy looks