Around one in three adults in the UK suffers from high blood pressure, which equates to roughly 31% of men and 26% of women.
Having high blood pressure means the heart has to work much harder in order to pump blood to the rest of the body.
This can cause the lower left heart chamber to thicken, which in turn increases a person’s risk of a heart attack or sudden cardiac death – the biggest killers when it comes to health conditions.
