March 30, 2015American Journal of Hypertension
Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure Response During Treadmill Testing as a Predictor of Future Hypertension in Men: A Longitudinal Study
Why the study?
Does an exaggerated exercise blood pressure response during treadmill testing predict future hypertension in healthy normotensive men?
Population
3,742 healthy normotensive men who underwent symptom-limited treadmill testing at baseline
Comparison
Exaggerated exercise blood pressure response vs Normal exercise blood pressure response
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average 5-year
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform risk stratification during treadmill testing in normotensive men; leaves open whether it should guide prevention.
Structured PICO
Does an exaggerated exercise blood pressure response during treadmill testing predict future hypertension in healthy normotensive men?
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Population
3,742 healthy normotensive men who underwent symptom-limited treadmill testing at baseline
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Intervention
Exaggerated exercise blood pressure response (peak systolic blood pressure > 181 mm Hg or relative systolic blood pressure > 52 mm Hg)
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Comparator
Normal exercise blood pressure response
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Outcome
Incident hypertension (defined as SBP/diastolic blood pressure greater than 140/90 mm Hg and/or diagnosed HTN by a physician)surrogate
A peak systolic blood pressure greater than 181 mm Hg during treadmill exercise testing is an independent predictor of future hypertension in normotensive men.
Cite This Study
Jae et al. (2015) studied this question.