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Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 36, Problem 1DAA
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To determine: The risk that someone without hypertension at age 30 will have a heart attack by age 85.

Introduction: High blood pressure or hypertension is the high force exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels. It can lead to many severe complications like increasing the risk of stroke, atherosclerosis, heart diseases, and death. The normal range of blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg, where the first number represents the systolic pressure and the second number represents the diastolic pressure.

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According to the study based on the effect of hypertension, the medical research implies the fact that an individual without hypertension at the age of 30 will have 4 percent chance to develop a heart attack by the age of 85. There are no symptoms or signs appear during the early stage of life. However, symptoms or signs may appear during the late period of life.

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The risk that someone without hypertension at age 30 will develop a heart attack by age 85 is about 4 percent.

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To find: The comparable risk for someone with hypertension at age 30.

Introduction: High blood pressure or hypertension is a medical condition where the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. Hypotension is the medical term for low blood pressure. Age, body weight, sex, food habits, alcoholism, drug addiction, and physical inactivity are some of the major causes for this condition to occur.

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The risk of hypertension at age 30 is about 7 percent. The chance for cardiac arrest is very high for the people who had hypertension at the age of 30 itself. The chance for cardiac arrest is very less in people with no hypertension at the age of 30. This indicates the fact that maintaining a healthy diet and regular exercise would help to get rid of hypertension at a young age. As a result, they will not develop heart-related issues in their late period of life.

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The risk that an individual without hypertension at age 30 will develop a heart attack by age 85 is only about 4 percent, while for the ones with hypertension at age 30 is about 7 percent.

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