Possibly. Up to a quarter of all adults have the metabolic syndrome, and high blood pressure is part of it.

No one is certain why people with metabolic syndrome develop high blood pressure. But many people with metabolic syndrome are overweight or obese, and apple-shaped instead of pear shaped. Weight loss can help both the high  blood pressure and the metabolic syndrome–in fact, in many cases, can help to prevent heart attacks, stroke and impotence.