Compared with standard antihypertensive therapy, intensive antihypertensive therapy may significantly benefit women with T2D whose hypertension is diagnosed earlier in life.
Among over 60,000 nursing home residents who initiated antihypertensive medication, rates of excess fractures due to falls per 100 person-years were as high as 5 among certain patient groups, such as those with dementia and high blood pressure (BP).
After updated guidelines lowered the threshold for hypertension in 2017, prevalence remained stable through 2021, and the use of antihypertensive medications rose by 3%.
Despite lower prevalence rates, women with steatotic liver disease related to alcohol consumption had close to double the risk of dying than men with the same condition.