"If you have a high amount of LDL cholesterol in your blood, it can form fatty deposits in the lining of your arteries (blood vessels). This causes furring and narrowing of the arteries, known as atherosclerosis, which in turn restricts the blood flow and can increase your risk of having heart disease or a stroke."“ High cholesterol “ does not directly “ lead to high blood pressure “.
Maybe I am misreading this but this seems to be saying that it does cause high blood pressure through the furring and narrowing of the arteries and restriction of blood flow?
I have a bit of a background in hydraulicsso I kind of follow the idea of restrictions to flow and pressure increases.
The NHS here seem to think that LDL cholesterol will "clog" up the arteries significantly enough to reduce the total flow area across the artery..