Research indicates that genes influence blood pressure from early childhood

Washington DC [US], February 25 (ANI): Certain hypertension-related genes impact blood pressure from a young age, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease as you become older.

You can do something about it, though.

“We are talking about really small differences, so small that they may fall within what is considered normal blood pressure. The problem is that they tend to last your whole life,” says PhD Candidate Karsten Ovretveit at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) Department of Public Health and Nursing. He is one of the researchers behind a new study that has looked at the relationship between gene variants and blood pressure in the population.

The study shows that high blood pressure occurs in all age groups and that it is related to hereditary factors.

“We found that genetic factors affect blood pressure from the first years of childhood and throughout your entire life,” says Ovretveit. Genetic data from large population studies.

Heart attacks and strokes are mostly caused by high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease is Norway’s second leading cause of mortality, accounting for 23 per cent of all deaths in 2022.

The direct medical cause of high blood pressure is unknown in many cases, but research shows that our genes play a significant role.