Is mental illness associated with increased blood pressure variability?
Mental illness is associated with increased blood pressure variability, highlighting the need for comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction in this population.
Current review found that people with mental illness is significantly associated with an increased BPV regardless of age. Since mental illness can contribute to the deterioration of autonomic function (HRV, BPV), early therapeutic intervention in mental illness may prevent diseases associated with autonomic dysregulation and reduce the likelihood of negative cardiac outcomes. Therefore, these findings may have important implications for patients' future physical health and well-being, highlighting the need for comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction.
Shahimi et al. (Mon,) studied this question.