The importance of regularly checking one’s blood pressure was stressed on Friday by the Cyprus Cardiological Society and the Cyprus Society of Pathology, on the occasion of World Hypertension Day.
In Cyprus, the societies said, the epidemiological data is worrying, as approximately 30 per cent of the adult population is living with high blood pressure, with rates increasing sharply later in life.
A significant percentage, they said, were either undiagnosed
