Surprising Characteristic Beats Gene for High Blood Pressure

One way to improve racial differences in high blood pressure was recently hypothesized as a result of 2 major studies.

Doing this one thing was shown to decrease systolic (top number) blood pressure by more than 2 mm/Hg.

Researchers from two different studies comparing high blood pressure levels with education levels both found that the lower the education levels, the higher blood pressure was on average, across all races and both gender types.

However, women showed the highest correlation between best blood pressure and higher education.

The studies found that those who went to post-secondary school showed about .5 mmHg lower systolic pressure per year of school attended beyond high school.

That means that for a 4-year post-secondary education, most people could see 2mmHg drop overall. However, with women it was more than 2.5 over a 4-year college education.

Exerts weighing in on public health impacts believed that the higher the education, the more potential for knowledge of healthy living choices and access to medical care.

It also gave experts reason to believe that improving education potential for lower-income populations could result in better health as well.

The average difference in blood pressure is of course small (2.5 points) and doesn’t apply to nearly everyone. So I’d rather take this study as a food for thought than concrete reality.

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11 Comments

Gordon Beckett on July 23, 2012 at 6:04 am

The theory does not work in all cases. I am a mature age PhD graduate and are suffering abnormally high bllod pressure which does bnot appear to respond to Avapro, Noten, or Minipress
Nimal on July 23, 2012 at 6:46 am

Hi
You need to stop publicizing dodgy research results without examining the methods used and their validation. Academics are under pressure to publish so some of the dodgy ones carry out research and publish outrageous results to get themselves and their institutions publicity. In the old days publishers would have checked them but not today. If you keep spreading these research results then your name and reputation will go down.
Ruth Smith on July 23, 2012 at 10:05 am

I agree with Mr. Beckett. I’m a mature woman with two graduate degrees and have severe hypertension that seemed to increase as I obtained more degrees. I know of other women in my same situation. So, I wouldn’t rely on the results of the study too much. I do agree that healthier lifesyles can lead to better health, but there are many very well-educated people that have poor eating and exercise habits.
RODNEY on July 23, 2012 at 11:48 am

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Elizabeth on July 23, 2012 at 1:53 pm

I have three Masters degrees which I have earned over the course of 60 years of my lifetime and I have suffered from severe hypertension since I was 25 which did not respond to any medication. In fact the challenges of the academic programs itself (meeting deadlines for papers, exams etc.) took a heavy toll–sleep deprivation and stress, which I am sure contributed to my high blood pressure. Since I have retired and leading a more relaxed life I have my B.P. better controlled. I do appreciate the studies you put out for readers but this one is a little too far-fetched.
yolly manlapaz on July 23, 2012 at 6:04 pm

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Franka Nkadi on July 24, 2012 at 1:42 pm

I am a doctoral student. This theory is absurd.There is no correlation between education and HBP. This is nonsese and should not be allowed to be published. Diet and stress is the main curse of HBP.
DrHyacinth C. Foster on July 24, 2012 at 2:15 pm

I am wondering what population was used to collect the data for analyses? I am reading the article but cannot find any clear indication of the dependent variables. What about validity and reliability of the instrument (s) used to collect the data. Show me how the data was analyze! When all that is done, I will think about the findings. Findings such as these create such distrust among researchers and readers. Oh, for the sake of recognition!
Gregory Lopez on July 24, 2012 at 7:55 pm

Perhaps the more educated one is is the better one handles stress and the better one eats and exercises!
Janet Morrison on July 25, 2012 at 12:28 am

Isn't this a kind of duh finding though. The lower the education level, the higher the stress level 'poor job prospects or none at all,nowherere fe live or cyan pay de rent, eating pure greasy chicken back and chicken foot because it stretch, notime to exercise by the time yu fe use public transport going and coming.etc.etc.
Tracie on August 5, 2012 at 9:45 am

Could it be that many people with higher levels of education are simply more active thereby producing these results? I agree, this study is a bit of a stretch.
For those suffering from high BP that is not responding to the usual forms of treatment, I have personally seen dramatic results from acupuncture.
Side bar: An article free of spelling errors, lends to it’s credibility. (ref. paragraph 7)

Surprising Characteristic Beats Gene for High Blood Pressure

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