Re: One cause of High Blood Pressure
- From: David Rind <drind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:31:16 -0400
Rita wrote:
On 26 Jun 2005 17:24:09 GMT, listener <listener@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason) wrote in
news:jason-2606051006410001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Some of the people that have high blood pressure continue to have high
blood pressure even if their cholesterol levels are normal. I realize
that there are several reasons for this fact. However, the report
below mentions one of those reasons. The report indicates that PRIMARY
ALDOSTERONISM "may be responsible for as many as one in 10 cases of
high blood pressure." There is additional information about Primary
Aldosteronism at the site mentioned below.
High, low or normal cholesterol does not necessarily correlate to high, low or normal blood pressure.
I never heard before that it did. Had you?
Actually "correlate" is a tricky word in this discussion. High cholesterol and high blood pressure are almost certainly correlated because both occur with increased frequency in people who are obese. Thus, on average, someone with high cholesterol is more likely to have high blood pressure and vice versa.
But regarding what is probably actually being discussed/implied, I do not know of any evidence that high cholesterol levels raise blood pressure or that lowering cholesterol levels lower blood pressure. So the first sentence by Jason implies something that is incorrect: that in some way it would be odd for someone with a normal cholesterol level to have high blood pressure.
-- David Rind drind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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