Within any population, blood pressure values occur within a continuum, and are determined by mechanical, hormonal and environmental factors. Systemic BP rises with age, and the incidence of cardiovascular disease is closely related to average BP at all ages, even when BP readings are within the so-called normal range.
Atherosclerosis can affect any artery in the body. When it occurs in the heart, it may cause angina, MI and sudden death; in the brain, stroke and transient ischaemic attack ; and in the limbs, claudication and critical limb ischaemia.
Risk factors
Age and sex
Age is the most powerful independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. Pre-menopausal
women have lower rates of disease than men, although this sex difference disappears after the
menopause
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