Jp. Singh et al., Blood pressure response during treadmill testing as a risk factor for new-onset hypertension - The Framingham Heart Study, CIRCULATION, 99(14), 1999, pp. 1831-1836
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Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Background-Although systolic blood pressure (SBP) response to exercise has
been shown to predict subsequent hypertension in small samples of men, this
association has not been studied in a large population-based sample of mid
dle-aged men and women. The purpose of this study was to examine, in normot
ensive subjects, the relations of SEP and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) du
ring the exercise and recovery periods of a graded treadmill test to the ri
sk of developing new-onset hypertension.
Methods and Results-BP data from exercise testing in 1026 men and 1284 wome
n (mean age, 42+/-10 years; range, 20 to 69 years) from the Framingham Offs
pring Study who were normotensive at baseline were related to the incidence
of hypertension 8 years later. New-onset hypertension, defined as an SEP g
reater than or equal to 140 mm Hg or DBP greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg
or the initiation of antihypertensive drug treatment, occurred in 228 men (
22%) and 207 women (16%). Exaggerated SEP (Ex-SBP 2) and DBP (Ex-DBP 2) res
ponse and delayed recovery of SEP (R-SBP 3) and DBP (R-DBP 3) were defined
as an age-adjusted BP greater than the 95th percentile during the second st
age of exercise and third minute of recovery, respectively. After multivari
able adjustment, Ex-DBP 2 was highly predictive of incident hypertension in
both men (OR, 4.16; 95% CI, 2.15, 8.05) and women (OR, 2.17; CI, 1.19, 3.9
6). R-SBP 3 was predictive of hypertension in men in a multivariable model
that included exercise duration and peak exercise BP (OR, 1.92; CI, 1.00, 3
.69). Baseline resting SEP (chi(2), 23.4 in men and 34.7 in women) and DBP
(chi(2), 11.3 in men and 13.1 in women) had stronger associations with new-
onset hypertension than exercise DBP (chi(2), 16.4 in men and 6.1 in women)
and recovery SEP (chi(2), 6.5 in men and 2.1 in women) responses.
Conclusions-An exaggerated DBP response to exercise was predictive of risk
for new-onset hypertension in normotensive men and women. An elevated recov
ery SEP was predictive of hypertension in men. These findings may reflect s
ubtle pathophysiological features in the preclinical stage of hypertension.