Blood Pressure and Genetic Mutation

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‘Higher Blood Pressure has Links to Brain Lesions in Older People,’ is an article written by Sukanya Charuchandra, which discusses a study that looked to find links between high blood pressure and brain aging. According to the results of the study, individuals with high blood pressure had much higher risks of brain lesions. High blood pressure was evident in two-thirds of the sampled population in the study, with the results showing a substantive connection between brain lesions in older people and high blood pressure (Charuchandra, 2018). However, it also raised important information regarding the effect of higher blood pressure in older people. While higher blood pressure proved to keep blood vessels clear, lower blood pressure resulted in a higher probability of the individuals having a stroke (Charuchandra, 2018). However, the preliminary results from the data require further exploration to understand the relationship between brain lesions in older people extensively and whether they r high blood pressure.
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