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Chapter 14

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Major Risk Factors: High Blood Pressure

Military personnel woman taking the blood pressure of another adult woman

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The next major risk factor for cardiovascular disease is high blood pressure, or hypertension, and remember that this is also a type of cardiovascular disease by itself, but in addition to that it's also a risk factor for developing many other types of cardiovascular disease, and we know that having hypertension accelerates the development of atherosclerosis, it makes your heart work harder, and it's one of the most preventable and treatable types of cardiovascular disease.