And in both animals and people, excess sugar was linked to elevated blood pressure—another risk factor for heart disease.

动物和人一样，糖的摄入导致了血压升高，它是心脏疾病的另一个危险因素。

More studies have gone on to show that children who live in noisy environments have elevated blood pressure and stress hormones.

很多研究者已经证实，住在嘈杂环境中的孩子血压和应激激素更高。

And they add that in adolescents, more than 100 milligrams of caffeine per day, that's about what's in a cup of coffee, has been associated with elevated blood pressure.

他们补充说， 在青少年中，每天超过 100 毫克的咖啡因（大约是一杯咖啡中的咖啡因）与血压升高有关。

And it can literally spell the difference between life and death, as it did in the case of Maria, who checked into the hospital after having an elevated blood pressure during a prenatal visit.

它可以从字面上说明生与死之间的区别，就像玛丽亚的情况一样， 她在产前检查期间血压升高后住进了医院。

During Maria's first pregnancy that had happened two years earlier, she also didn't feel so well in the last few weeks of her pregnancy, and she had a few elevated blood pressures, but nobody seemed to pay attention.

两年前玛丽亚第一次怀孕时，在怀孕的最后几个星期里， 她也不太舒服， 有几次血压升高， 但似乎没有人在意。