MEDAN, Waspada.co.id – Recent studies have shown that adult blood pressure has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. Blood pressure has increased, especially in women.
The results, published in the journal Circulation, were obtained after researchers analyzed data from 464,000 workers in the United States who took part in the Quest Diagnostics program. Researchers analyzed blood pressure data in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Researchers found that blood pressure rose significantly during the pandemic in April to December 2020 compared to 2019. The average increase in blood pressure ranged from 1.1-2.5 mmHg for systolic blood pressure and 0.14-0.53 mmHg for blood pressure. diastolic.
Increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure were seen in both men and women for all age groups. The increase was greater in women.
“We saw more marked blood pressure in women. Now, we don’t know the exact reason for that. However, we know and there is data showing that pandemics are likely to place a greater burden on women, especially working women,” said Luke Laffin of the Cleveland Clinic.
“Blood pressure control is quite multifactorial. It may have something to do with what we eat, among other things, too much sodium or drinking more alcohol – that has been well documented during the pandemic,” Laffin said.
In addition, blood pressure is also influenced by sleep patterns and consumption of drugs.
High blood pressure increases the risk of a number of diseases such as heart disease and stroke. Researchers found that a 2 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure was associated with a significant increase in death from stroke and heart disease among middle-aged adults.
“Could signal an impending increase in the incidence of cardiovascular disease mortality,” the researchers wrote.
Researchers suggest that everyone maintains blood pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic. Maintaining blood pressure can be done by losing weight, regular exercise, a healthy diet, reducing sodium, limiting alcohol, quitting smoking, reducing caffeine, and managing stress. (wol/cnn/ryan/data3)
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