Women who went through menopause before age 40 developed high blood pressure at higher rates than women whose menopause came after 45, in a study following 107,836 UK women for a median of about 15 years.
The gradient is the part worth holding onto. Hypertension developed in 16.6 percent of women with menopause after 45, in 18.8 percent of those with early menopause between 40 and 45, and in 22.6 percent of those with premature menopause before 40. Across the whole cohort, 18,508 women, or 17.2 percent, were diagnosed during follow-up.
