Hypertension is the major critically important risk factor in women affecting the majority after menopause. With ageing, blood pressure rises more steeply in women compared to men, leading to more vascular stiffness and heart failure at older age. Thirty to 50% of women develop hypertension before the age of 60. Nonetheless, hypertension is often poorly managed. Physicians’ inertia often seems to be responsible for poor blood pressure control. Although HBPM’s diagnostic ability was proven a decade ago, it is rarely used in practice for the initial diagnosis of hypertension.