There is a useful article on blood pressure in the New York Times of 25
June.  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/25/health/25BROD.html?8vd

It makes two useful points:

1.  That 'normal' blood pressure is not necessarily 'optimal' blood
pressure.  We all know this, but rarely does the caution get into the
popular press.

2.  'In traditional societies where people remain lean and physically
active throughout life, blood pressure does not usually rise with age. The
story is quite different in developed countries like the United States,
where blood pressure nearly always rises with advancing age as body fat
increases, activity declines and arteries become stiff and narrowed by
accumulating plaque.'  But that tantalizing piece of information is not
developed!

Keith

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