Why the study?
Does higher exercise capacity reduce all-cause mortality in hypertensive men?
Does higher exercise capacity reduce all-cause mortality in hypertensive men?
Higher exercise capacity is strongly associated with progressively reduced all-cause mortality in hypertensive men, mitigating the risk imposed by additional cardiovascular risk factors.
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Supports graded fitness-mortality link in hypertension; extends observational data but leaves open need for RCTs to confirm causality.
Kokkinos et al. (2009) studied this question.
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