Novel insights into stroke risk beyond resting and maximal bicycle exercise systolic blood pressure

Conclusion: Stroke risk increased with increasing difference between resting and maximal exercise SBP, independent of BP at rest, suggesting that an exaggerated BP response to physical exercise may be an independent predictor of stroke.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: BP and other risk factor epidemiology Source Type: research