高血压是一种世界性的常见病、多发病,世界各国人群高血压的患病率均高达10%～20%。高血压对人类的最大危害是能导致患者脑血管、心脏和肾脏等重要器官一系列严重病变,是危害人类健康的重要疾病。女性作为一种性别的人群,由于其一生中内分泌变化的特征,使血压变化不同于男性的规律。同时由于外源性女性激素(避孕药、雌激素等)的应用,其可能影响血压,血脂代谢。从而使女性高血压显得更为复杂。1 女性更年期高血压的定义临床上所称的更年期是指妇女从卵巢功能开始衰退到老年期前的一段时期。我国老年医学会建议60岁为老年期的开始,因此,在老年期以前,40岁以后的这一段生命时期称为妇女的更年期,包括了围绝经期、绝经及绝经后的数年内。更年期妇女除了患更年期综合征外,最易并发的慢性疾病有骨质疏松、高血压、冠心病。既往无高血压病史,在更年期中出现血压高于正常者,称为 Hypertension is a worldwide common disease, frequently-occurring disease, the prevalence of hypertension in the world’s population as high as 10% to 20%. Hypertension is the greatest harm to human beings can cause a series of serious diseases such as cerebrovascular, heart and kidney and other important organs of patients, is an important disease endangering human health. Women as a gender group, because of the characteristics of endocrine changes in their life, make the blood pressure changes different from the laws of men. At the same time due to exogenous female hormone (contraceptives, estrogen, etc.) application, which may affect blood pressure, lipid metabolism. So that women’s hypertension is more complicated. 1 Definition of Menopause Hypertension Clinically called menopause refers to women’s decline from ovarian function to pre-senile period. My Aging Society recommends that the age of 60 be the beginning of the old age. Therefore, before the old age, the life span after the age of 40 is called the menopause of women, including menopause, menopause and years after menopause. Menopausal women in addition to suffering from menopausal syndrome, the most common chronic diseases are osteoporosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease. No previous history of hypertension, blood pressure in menopause than normal, known as