DALLAS, April 22, 2026 - Approximately half a million post-9/11 U.S. veterans who served in the military have had high blood pressure , and among them, about half were undiagnosed and one quarter were untreated, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association , an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
This study is among the first to examine high blood pressure in younger post-9/11 U.S. veterans who were, on average, 33 years old when accessing care at the Veterans Health Administration.
"Preventing, managing and controlling high blood pressure are essential for protecting cardiovascular health in all adults, including younger adults and those at increased risk of cardiovascular disease," said lead study author Tiffany Chang, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
"Veterans have higher rates of certain risk factors, such as posttraumatic stress disorder and direct combat exposure, that may contribute to an increased risk of high blood pressure compared to non-veterans.
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