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Several risk factors can result in high blood pressure. These factors are classified as uncontrollable or unmanageable risk factors and controllable or manageable risk factors.<\/p>\nSeveral risk factors can result in high blood pressure. These factors are classified as uncontrollable or unmanageable risk factors and controllable or manageable risk factors.<\/p>\n
Uncontrollable or Unmanageable Risk Factors<\/strong><\/p>\n Age<\/strong> – When you age especially when you reach 50 years old and above, your arteries start to lose their flexibility narrowing the blood passageways making it more difficult for blood to pass through causing then the heart to pump harder. Men start to become hypertensive during early middle-age while older women begin to become hypertensive after menopause.<\/p>\n Race<\/strong> \u2013 In terms of race, African Americans are the highest risk group for high blood pressure in terms of ethnicity in the United States. They are also the most prone to develop high blood complications like heart attack or stroke. Interestingly, while African Americans have this high propensity for developing high blood pressure and its corresponding complications, native Africans living in Africa do not suffer these kinds of problems.<\/p>\n Heredity<\/strong> \u2013 Heredity plays a very huge role in causing high blood pressure in individuals. If you have one or both parents, uncles, nieces or grandparents who have high blood pressure, you are at a high risk in acquiring it as well.<\/p>\n Manageable or Controllable Risk Factors<\/strong><\/p>\n Kidney disease<\/strong> \u2013 The kidney is where glands that regulate blood pressure reside and so when you develop kidney problems these affects those glands making you end up with high blood pressure in the end.<\/p>\n Stress<\/strong> \u2013 Stress can be responsible for dozens of health conditions and high blood pressure is one of them. Finding ways to calm and relax yourself is important in living with a healthy heart.<\/p>\n Smoking<\/strong> \u2013 Smoking raises a person\u2019s BP level and it can cause complications like atherosclerosis as well.<\/p>\n Low amounts of minerals and vitamins in the body<\/strong> \u2013 Having low contents of vitamin D, calcium and potassium will raise your blood pressure. Adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals while normalizing blood pressure also help lower bad cholesterol in the body.<\/p>\n