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Major risk factors for heart disease are thought to be mainly men’s domain. But 6 million more women than men in the US have high blood pressure—about 36 million as opposed to 30 million. Furthermore, while the incidence of high blood pressure peaks for men in the 45-to-54 age group and then declines some, it just keeps going up for women as they get older.
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