Abstract:It has been suggested that the systolic blood pressure (SBP) response to exercise may be useful in predicting future hypertension. However, controversy exists as to whether the SBP response to exercise in borderline hypertensives is actually greater than normotensives or merely increases equally but from a higher resting value. Our aim was to determine the influence of resting SBP, age and sex on changes of SSP during exercise for both healthy subjects and untreated mild hypertensives. Three hundred and eighte… Show more
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