Your Risk Factors for Hypertension! Silent Killer! Your Risk Factors.
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Your Risk Factors for Hypertension . We are continuing our series in the SILENT KILLER. Hypertension. Today we are asking these questions. What are the risk factors for hypertension (high blood pressure)? We are going to divide risk factors for Hypertension into Non modifiable and Modifiable risk factors. Non-Modifiable risk factors: These are the risk factors we can not change. We have no control over them. 1-Genetics 2-Family history 3-Race 4-Age 1-Genetics Numerous studies have shown genetic susceptibilities for HTN. 2-Family history You’re more likely to develop high blood pressure if you have a parent or sibling with the condition. 3-Race- African Americans have the highest rates of HPN in the world with a mean systolic 5 mm HG higher than whites and prevalence 10% higher than whites. 4-Age_ A dogma of cardiology is that Hypertension increases with age. However, societies where salt intake is low, physical activity levels are very high, and obesity is rare, age-related increases in systolic blood pressure are avoided. Prof Noel Mueller studied 2 Amazonian tribes in Venezuela and published his results in Jama Cardiology 2018.One tribe the Yanomami had no exposure to western food, had no increase in BP with age. A nearby tribe that had a landing strip and had exposure to processed foods had some increase in BP but not to the degree we have in western societies. There are other societies in the world that have no hypertension. MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS These are the risk factors, the ones we have control over. We can do something about it. 1-Weigh 2-Lack of exercise 3-High salt diets 4-Low potassium diets 5-Too Much Alcohol. 6- Tobacco use or vaping 7- Stress 8- Diabetes 9-OSA 10- Pregnancy Because Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor for CVD (Cardiovascular Disease) our number one killer and is a major risk factor for strokes the 5th leading cause of death (It was number four before Covid) we need to address these risk factors and take them seriously. There are societies in the world that do not have the Hypertension problem that we have in western countries. Let’s learn from them. I am counting on you to do this for yourself and encourage your friends and family. Remember your health is your most precious asset. You will be glad you did it.
DON’T SUGARCOAT IT… it will take away years from your life and life from your years. 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Nonmodifiable risk factors 01:32 Increase hypertension with age 01:58 Modifiable risk factors 04:00 Vaping 04:37 Obstructive sleep apnea 05:10 Summary
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3.78 -> Hello friends I'm Dr T. Today, we’re asking
these questions. What are the risk factors
8.76 -> for hypertension, for high blood pressure?
We are going to divide them in two groups:
14.46 -> non-modifiable and modifiable risk
factors. Non-modifiable risk factors,
20.16 -> as the name implies means we really cannot
do much about it. Let's look into them.
25.5 -> Number one- genetics. Number two- Family history.
Number three-- race and number four- age.
32.94 -> Studies have shown genetic susceptibility for high
blood pressure. Family history you are more likely
40.98 -> to develop high blood pressure if you have
a parent or a mother or a sibling with the
45.36 -> condition. Race- African Americans have the
highest rates of hypertension in the world
52.14 -> with the mean systolic pressure, the higher
number, five millimeters higher than whites.
58.26 -> And prevalence is higher as well. There's a dogma
in Medicine and Cardiology is that hypertension
64.98 -> increases with age. In fact, in the western
world systolic blood pressure increases by
72.72 -> 1.5 millimeters of mercury per year in girls, 1.9
millimeters of mercury per year in boys and 0.6
81.3 -> millimeters of mercury per year in adults. And
the prevalence of hypertension is the sharper
87.48 -> with age starting at age 25. Between ages 20
and 34 is about eight percent of men and six
95.46 -> percent of women have high blood pressure but
by the time you reach 75, 80 percent of women,
102.06 -> seventy six percent of men have high blood
pressure. There is also sex difference men
112.2 -> have more high blood pressure until it's age
60 after age 60 women actually take the lead.
118.98 -> Let's talk about modifiable risk of factors top
ten. Number one- Weight the NHANES surveys that
134.28 -> show that hypertension is more prevalent in obese
individuals, if you have a body mass index 30,
142.74 -> 30 kilograms per square meter or higher you have
42 percent hypertension if you are just overweight
150.48 -> with the body mass index between 25 and 29.9, 28
and if you have a normal weight about 15 percent
159.3 -> with the body mass index that it's normal. This
is also true for children ages 5 to 14. If you
167.52 -> are overweight at age 5 or age 14 you have high
blood pressure than children, the same age that
173.4 -> did not have the obesity or the overweight issue.
Factor number two- Lack of exercise. Exercise
182.04 -> itself is anti-hypertensive This is so important
I will make a video in the future about that. Not
189.42 -> exercising causes weight gain that increases
the risk of high blood pressure Number three-
195.84 -> High salt diets.
Too much salt,
200.1 -> called also sodium in the body causes the body to
retain fluid this leads to high blood pressure.
207.06 -> If you want to learn more about sodium and high
blood pressure, I have a video. I'll put a link on
212.22 -> the top and down in the description below as well.
If you like this video give me the Thumbs Up and
217.44 -> Subscribe. It helps me spread this
vital information to more people.
223.2 -> Number four. Low potassium. Low potassium
diets are associated with high blood pressure.
229.56 -> Number five. Too much alcohol.
Alcohol has been linked to
235.14 -> increased blood pressure particularly in men.
Number six. Tobacco use and vaping. These will
241.62 -> immediately raise your blood pressure at least
for a short while and the smoking of course is
246.9 -> going to injure the blood vessels and speed
up the process of hardening of the arteries.
252.18 -> Number seven. Stress. High levels of stress can
lead to temporary increasing in blood pressure.
258.72 -> Stress related habits like overeating, smoking
excessive drinking will exacerbate the problem.
269.16 -> Number eight. Diabetes is associated with three
to four-fold increase in high blood pressure.
274.86 -> Number nine. Obstructive sleep apnea is
more common in patients with high blood
281.04 -> pressure than the general population and
many patients with hypertension have also
288.06 -> obstructive sleep apnea and obstructive sleep
apnea is actually a very important cause of
295.74 -> treatment resistant hypertension, meaning
patients not responding to the medications,
301.2 -> because they have undiagnosed
obstructive sleep apnea.
306.48 -> So, because hypertension is the most prevalent
risk factor for cardiovascular disease our number
311.94 -> one killer, and a major risk factor for stroke
our number four killer, these risk factors are
318.72 -> important. They have to be taken seriously.
There are societies in the world that do not
323.58 -> have the high blood pressure problem that we have
in Western countries. We need to learn from them.
328.98 -> I'm counting on you to do this for yourself and
encourage your friends and family to do the same.
335.76 -> If you want to learn more about salt
and its importance on hypertension
339.12 -> watch this video I'll put a link on the top
of the screen and in the description below.
