It is now widely accepted that psychosocial stress plays a significant part in the production of high blood pressure and therefore in the cause of strokes and coronary heart disease.

Recently a new category of hypertension has been established based on cardiovascular risks associated with lower blood pressure levels than previously thought. This is called pre-hypertension and is defined as a systolic blood pressure between 120-139mm and a diastolic pressure between 80 – 98mm. Hypertension is defined as having pressures above 139/98.

A study by Marty S Player and colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina and reported in Medscape last month found a link between psychosocial factors and the new category of pre-hypertension. The researchers analysed findings from over 2000 men and women aged between 45 and 65 years who were pre-hypertensive.

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