High blood pressure is a silent killer, often with no obvious or visible
symptoms. The only way to find out if you have hypertension is through
testing by your physician, who will make the diagnosis on the basis of
two or more readings taken on different visits. Study shows 19 percent of young adults have high blood pressure. National Library of Medicine (NIH) funded analysis indicates higher risk for young adults than previously believed.
Fast Facts
- Nearly one in three adults—more than 65 million Americans—suffers from high blood pressure, also called hypertension.
- A growing number of young adults are now at risk for the disease.
- High blood pressure leads to more than half of all heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure cases in the United States. It also increases the risk of kidney failure, blindness, and other serious health consequences.
- High blood pressure is a silent killer, often with no obvious or visible symptoms.
- For African Americans, the disease tends to begin at an earlier age and be more severe than among whites, Asians, and Hispanics.
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