What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the relationship between systemic arterial compliance, resting blood pressure, and exercise capacity during standardized treadmill testing in healthy older adults.

June 1, 1999Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyOpen Access

Higher Systemic Arterial Compliance Is Associated with Greater Exercise Time and Lower Blood Pressure in a Young Older Population

Q: What does this research mean for the field?

Higher systemic arterial compliance is positively associated with greater exercise tolerance and inversely associated with systolic blood pressure in healthy older individuals. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Why the study?

Is systemic arterial compliance associated with exercise tolerance and blood pressure in an older population?

Key Points

To examine the relationship between systemic arterial compliance, resting blood pressure, and exercise capacity during standardized treadmill testing in healthy older adults.
Enrolled 43 older adults (mean age 67 ± 7 years; 24 men and 19 women) in a cross-sectional survey.
Estimated resting systemic arterial compliance (SAC) using simultaneous ascending aortic flow recordings and carotid applanation tonometry.
Measured exercise tolerance as total treadmill time using a modified Bruce protocol and evaluated aerobic capacity via resting heart rate-blood pressure product.
Systemic arterial compliance was positively correlated with treadmill exercise duration to cessation (r = .34, P = .03).
SAC demonstrated an inverse correlation with resting heart rate-blood pressure product (r = -.66, P < .001) and was associated with systolic blood pressure.
Men exhibited greater exercise reserve and higher SAC than women, and overall exercise tolerance was correlated with height (P < .02).

Structured PICO

Is systemic arterial compliance associated with exercise tolerance and blood pressure in an older population?

Population

43 subjects aged 67 +/- 7 years (24 men and 19 women)

Outcome

Interrelationship between systemic arterial compliance (SAC) and time to cessation of exercise during a standard treadmill exercise testsurrogate

Higher systemic arterial compliance is positively associated with greater exercise tolerance and inversely associated with systolic blood pressure in healthy older individuals.

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Implication

SAC associated with exercise tolerance in older adults; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before clinical consideration.

Cite This Study

Cameron et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a199de71d4d911c80ea715e https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01585.x

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Implication

SAC associated with exercise tolerance in older adults; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before clinical consideration.

Higher Systemic Arterial Compliance Is Associated with Greater Exercise Time and Lower Blood Pressure in a Young Older Population

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Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

Higher Systemic Arterial Compliance Is Associated with Greater Exercise Time and Lower Blood Pressure in a Young Older Population

Key Points

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

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