Blood Pressure Responses During Exercise: Physiological Correlates and Clinical Implications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Abnormal blood pressure (BP) responses to exercise can predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes, but their optimal measurement and definitions are poorly understood. We combined frequently sampled BP during cardiopulmonary exercise testing with vascular stiffness assessment to parse cardiac and vascular components of exercise BP.

Methods

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with BP measured every two minutes and resting vascular tonometry were performed in 2858 Framingham Heart Study participants. Linear regression was used to analyze sex-specific exercise BP patterns as a function of arterial stiffness (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity) and cardiac-peripheral performance (defined by peak O₂ pulse).

Results

Our sample was balanced by sex (52% women

SUBMITTER: Nayor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9780190 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature