Hi all,

I've been tracking my BP for the last two weeks and it's averaging around 125/80 to 130/85. I just took my husbands and his is 106/64!

He's 45, a chain smoker (camels), never exercises light drinker,average weight, eats anything and uses heavy salt.

I'm 43 yo, 25bs overweight, non-smoker, moderate drinker, exercise vigorously 5-6 days a week, watch what I eat.

Why the differences? Could gender be a factor? Maybe women's BP runs higher than mens???

Can the experts enlighten me?

Well, in all probability, you will outlive your husband by a long-shot. There is a small risk difference between 106/64 and 130/85 in BP. However, there is a HUGE difference between a smoker and a non-smoker.

Pal

Your husband is lucky and your bp is normal enough. At your age, women generally have lower bps than men, but men generally have bps higher than your husband.

Right now your husband's doing fine, but he's only 43. He may or may not develop HBP later...genetics also plays a big part.

I had textbook perfect blood pressure until I was 57. Then WHAM, it all caught up to me. Years of eating lousy, being too sedentary plus those darn genes. All the women on my mother's side of the family had hypertension. I thought I had escaped..drats.

zuzu

Thank you all for your perspective. Funny, my husband's dad has HPB and is on medication. No one in my family (other than an obese sister) has HPB.

It's genetics...

And the luck SUPER LOW BP (I live with one) NEVER get heart disease...just cancer.

I think he'll outlive you...IF they get that tumor in time:D:D:D:!

But your numbers and life style are just fine...you'll live to 80 (HE can make 100 though if he quits smoking!)