High BP during and after exercise linked to CVD and death risk
Blood pressure responses to exercise is a significant marker of CVD and mortality risk in young to middle-aged adults.;
Boston)--Exercise can increase blood pressure, but the effects are typically temporary.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that higher blood pressure during exercise and delayed blood pressure recovery after exercise are associated with a higher risk of hypertension, preclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease and death among middle-aged to older adults.
These findings appear online in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Blood pressure responses to exercise are significant markers of cardiovascular disease and mortality risk in young to middle-aged adults. However, few studies have examined the associations of midlife blood pressure responses to submaximal (less than the maximum of which an individual is capable) exercise with the risk of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in later life.
Researchers evaluated the association of blood pressure changes and recovery with indicators of preclinical disease among participants from the Framingham Heart Study (average age 58 years, 53 percent women). They then followed these participants to assess whether these blood pressure changes were associated with the risk of developing hypertension, cardiovascular disease or dying.
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