Key result
In normotensive adults, every 10 mmHg increase in exercise systolic blood pressure was significantly associated with an 18 ± 0.3 cm/s increase in brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (P < 0.001).
Why the study?
Does increased arterial stiffness correlate with higher blood pressure during exercise in normotensive individuals?
Population
2156 adults with normal blood pressure without history of clinical cardiovascular diseases, mean age 52 ± 5…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May signal early vascular changes in normotensives; hypothesis-generating, needs longitudinal validation before clinical use.
Cross-Sectional (n=2,156)
Does increased arterial stiffness correlate with higher blood pressure during exercise in normotensive individuals?
Effect estimate: 18 ± 0.3 cm/s increase per 10 mmHg increase in exercise SBP
p-value: p=< 0.001
Increased arterial stiffness is associated with higher systolic blood pressure during early stages of exercise in normotensive individuals, indicating early vascular changes before clinical hypertension develops.
Sung et al. (2012) conducted a cross-sectional in Normotension (n=2,156). Increase in exercise systolic blood pressure was evaluated on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) (18 ± 0.3 cm/s increase per 10 mmHg increase in exercise SBP, p=< 0.001). In normotensive adults, every 10 mmHg increase in exercise systolic blood pressure was significantly associated with an 18 ± 0.3 cm/s increase in brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (P < 0.001).
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