Exercise Capacity and All-Cause Mortality in Prehypertensive Men | Zendy

Peter Kokkinos | Zendy; J. Myers | Zendy; Michael Doumas | Zendy; Charles Faselis | Zendy; Antonis S. Manolis | Zendy; A. Pittaras | Zendy; John Kokkinos | Zendy; Samara P. Singh | Zendy; Ross D. Fletcher | Zendy

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Exercise Capacity and All-Cause Mortality in Prehypertensive Men

Author(s) -

Peter Kokkinos,

J. Myers,

Michael Doumas,

Charles Faselis,

Antonis S. Manolis,

A. Pittaras,

John Kokkinos,

Samara P. Singh,

Ross D. Fletcher

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2009.74

Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , cardiology , demography , blood pressure , sociology

Prehypertension is associated with increased risk for mortality, a fact that generated a debate regarding the use of antihypertensive therapy in prehypertensives. Increased exercise capacity is associated with lower mortality risk, but little is known about its effects in prehypertensives. Thus, we evaluated the association between exercise capacity and all-cause mortality in prehypertensives.

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