Who is at greater risk of having high blood pressure - a man or a woman?

Many women are surprised to learn that, after age 59, they are more likely than men to have hypertension, and their risks continue to increase at a faster pace as they age. Even more alarming, dangerous complications such as strokes and kidney problems caused by prolonged high blood pressure occur at the same rate in women as in men, while the risk of developing heart disease lags only a little behind that of their male partners.