The Joint Association of Physical Activity, Blood-Pressure Control, and Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension for All-Cause Mortality Risk

The Joint Association of Physical Activity, Blood-Pressure Control, and Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension for All-Cause Mortality Risk

Por: Ruth E. Brown, Michael C. Riddell, Alison K. Macpherson, Karissa L. Canning y Jennifer L. Kuk.  American Journal of Hypertension Volume 26, Issue , Pp. 1005-1010.

We conducted a study to determine the joint association of physical activity, pharmacologic treatment for hypertension, and the control of blood pressure (BP) on all-cause mortality risk.
Physical activity may be as or even more important than pharmacotherapy for reducing the risk of mortality in adults with hypertension. However, the risk of mortality remained higher for physically active adults with treated and controlled hypertension than did the risk of mortality for physically active normotensive populations. Prevention of hypertension is therefore imperative for reducing the all-cause risk of premature mortality in adults.  [Actualizado: 12 de agosto 2013].