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Blood Pressure Climbed During Coronavirus Pandemic

U.S. adults have seen a rise in blood pressure during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests. The study was recently published in the journal Circulation where workers and their partners from all 50 states and the District of Columbia had their blood pressure measured for three years in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The researchers found that the blood pressure readings appeared to be significantly higher during the pandemic in April through December of 2020 compared with in 2019. While systolic and diastolic blood pressure increases were seen for both men and women and across age groups, the researchers found larger increases among women.