What should your blood pressure be based on your age?

Much research and debate has been conducted on the topic of blood pressure

To be healthy, controlling blood pressure is more than necessary, since blood pressure can even cause death.

What is blood pressure?

In simple terms, the pressure which is caused when the blood presses against the walls of the blood vessels is called blood pressure.

Blood pressure is always mentioned during medical check-ups, because it is a routine which determines the elasticity of the walls of our arteries and reveals if we are at risk of suffering a body or heart attack, Telegrafi reports.

Blood pressure based on your age

Since age is one of the causes of blood pressure, we need to know what blood pressure level we should have based on our age. Blood pressure levels vary from age to age, and from gender to gender.

Below is a list of blood pressure levels based on age and gender:

In men, the blood pressure level is considered normal if the levels are close to the numbers described below:

Over 20 years: 123/76

20-30 years: 126/79

30-40 years: 129/81

40-50 years: 135/83

50-60 years: 142/85

Over 70 years: 142/80

In women, blood pressure levels differ from those of men due to physical differences

Over 20 years: 116/72

20-30 years: 120/75

30-40 years: 137/84

40-50 years: 137/84

50-60 years: 144/85

Over 70 years: 159/85.

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