what causes hypertension?
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As you age, the vascular system changes. This includes your heart and blood vessels. In the blood vessels, there’s a reduction in elastic tissue in your arteries, causing them to become stiffer and less compliant. As a result, your blood pressure increases
Physiologic changes associated with aging leads to an increase in systolic blood pressure, an increase in mean arterial pressure, increase in pulse pressure and a decreased ability to respond to abrupt hemodynamic changes. The increase in blood pressure seen with aging is most likely related to arterial changes.