Weight gain is closely associated with increased blood pressure at any age. The difference in weight of 10 kg in two groups of people accompanied by an increase in systolic blood pressure by 3 mm Hg. Art. and diastolic blood pressure 2.2 mm Hg. Art. Those with higher weight. Amount of weight and body mass index in adolescence are strong predictors of BP increase in adulthood.

Physical activity has a close inverse relationship with increased blood pressure. Expressing this relationship is difficult to define, it can fluctuate wildly. Most physical activity for a long time may have a protective effect against the development of hypertension. Increased blood pressure with age may be a consequence of sedentary lifestyles in older people. In studying the effect of exercise on blood pressure was shown to decrease in hypertensive patients at 10 / 8 mm Hg. Art. and 3 / 3 mm Hg. Art. in normotensives. These results do not depend on age and weight. Drinking alcohol affects the increase in blood pressure that has been proven in many studies and it means that alcohol and weight gain are the synonyms. In a large multiyear study 80 ties. Persons 15-79 years showed that systolic blood pressure increased by 1 mm Hg. Art. per unit of alcohol consumed per day. According to others, the influence of alcohol on blood pressure was more pronounced in persons 50-79 years compared with persons 35-49 years of age. Presort effect is not dependent on the type of alcoholic beverage.

Many authors have shown that increased blood pressure has a particularly negative value at the age of 65-74 years, including the face ISAH. However, there are contradictory statements: for example, in Finland and the United States described the dependence of mortality from lowering blood pressure in older persons. More complex relationship of magnitude of blood pressure with mortality in the elderly was shown in a study in Sweden. One reason for these results can be developed in this age group, other conditions such as cancer and heart failure.

In connection with the foregoing epidemiology hypertension in the present should be considered in close connection with its dynamics on the background of active therapy, a beneficial effect which has been shown primarily in younger people with high blood pressure and an increase in malignant course. In general, a beneficial effect on survival and decrease mortality in patients with hypertension in its drug correction were shown in elderly persons younger than 80 years. In very elderly, this pattern so far has not been studied sufficiently.