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Stay Fit to Reduce Adverse Impacts of High Blood Pressure, Study Finds

According to the findings, hypertension is a key risk factor for heart attack and stroke, as well as a leading cause of early mortality worldwide.

According to a 29-year study published in the ESC journal (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology), high levels of exercise may reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease in men with high blood pressure.

The findings imply that being physically active may help guard against some of the detrimental consequences of high blood pressure. High blood pressure affects over 1.3 billion persons aged 30 to 79 globally (hypertension). Hypertension is a key risk factor for heart attack and stroke, as well as a leading cause of mortality worldwide.

Prior research has connected increased cardiorespiratory fitness to increased lifespan. This study looked at the relationship between blood pressure, fitness, and the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. The study comprised 2,280 males aged 42 to 61 years who were enrolled in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study in eastern Finland. Between 1984 and 1989, baseline measurements were taken.

Blood pressure and cardiorespiratory fitness, as measured by maximum oxygen uptake while riding a stationary bicycle, were among them. Fitness was assessed as low, medium, or high, while blood pressure was classed as normal or high. At the time of the baseline, the average age was 53 years. Participants were tracked till 2018. There were 644 deaths from cardiovascular disease with a median follow-up of 29 years.

After adjusting for age, BMI, smoking status, cholesterol levels, type 2 diabetes, usage of antihypertensive medication, coronary heart disease, physical activity, alcohol consumption, high sensitivity C-reactive protein and socioeconomic status, the risk of death from cardiovascular disease was examined (a marker of inflammation). When compared to normal BP levels, high BP was associated with a 39% increased risk of cardiovascular mortality.

In comparison to high levels of fitness, low fitness was related with a 74% increased probability of cardiovascular mortality.

Participants were divided into four groups to assess the concomitant correlations of BP and fitness with the risk of cardiovascular death: 1) normal BP and high fitness (the comparison group); 2) normal blood pressure and poor fitness; 3) high BP and high fitness; and 4) high BP and low fitness.

Men with high BP and low exercise had a risk of cardiovascular mortality that was more than double that of those with normal BP and high fitness.

When men with high blood pressure and high fitness levels had high fitness levels, their elevated risk of cardiovascular risk remained but was weaker: it was 55% greater than those with normal BP and high fitness.

To reduce all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and illness, ESC guidelines suggested that adults of all kind of ages struggle for as a minimum of 150 minutes to 300 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination.

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