Blood pressure load per body surface area is higher in women than in men

Many unexplained sex differences have been observed in blood pressure (BP) related morbidity. However, there has been little research about the most obvious difference between men and women—body size. Given that blood vessels are organs of tubular shape, we hypothesized that correction of BP for body surface area (BSA), a two-dimensional measurement of body size, would allow comparison of BP load between men and women. We assessed the...