TITLE:
Exercise Blood Pressure Response and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Middle Aged Women: A MONET Group Study
AUTHORS:
Joseph Abdulnour, Marie-Noëlle Lacroix, Pierre Boulay, Éric Doucet, Martin Brochu, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Jean-Marc Lavoie, Denis Prud’homme
KEYWORDS:
Blood pressure, Exercise Blood Pressure, Exaggerated Peak Exercise Systolic Blood Pressure, Hy-pertension, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.6 No.6,
June
1,
2016
ABSTRACT: Objective: To investigate if an exaggerated peak exercise systolic blood pressure (peak ESBP) is associated with alteration of cardiometabolic risk factors and predict future resting hypertension in middle aged women. Methods: Data analysis was performed in 95 healthy normotensive premeno-pausal women at baseline and 84 after 5-year follow-up (age, 49.9 ± 1.9 years; BMI, 23.3 ± 2.2 kg/m2; resting BP, 117/73 ± 11.8/7.6 mmHg). Blood pressure was measured at rest and during a progressive exercise test on treadmill. Women were divided into two groups according to their peak ESBP