Regular physical activity is beneficial for reducing mortality in patients with high BP .
BACKGROUND Physical activity has been shown to be beneficial for the prevention and management of hypertension .
In the general population , physical activity has been shown to decrease mortality .
PURPOSE The purpose of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize the literature examining the impact of physical activity on mortality in patients with high blood pressure ( BP ) .
Leisure time and occupational physical activity: risk of death from ischemic heart disease.
The relation of leisure time and occupational physical activity to the risk of death from ischemic heart disease was investigated in a cohort of 15,088 persons aged 30 - 59 years who had no history of cardiovascular disease or other condition which hindered physical activity . Two population sample s were r and omly chosen from eastern Finl and . During a six-year follow-up , persons who were sedentary in leisure time ( relative risk = 1.3 , 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) = 1.1 - 1.6 ) or at work ( relative risk = 1.3 , 95 % CI = 1.1 - 1.6 ) had an excess risk of ischemic heart disease death when adjusted for age , health status , family history , and body mass index in multivariate logistic models . Adjustment for years of education , social network participation , cigarette consumption , serum cholesterol level , and blood pressure level weakened the residual association of low leisure time physical activity  with the risk of ischemic heart disease death ( relative risk = 1.2 , 95 % CI = 1.0 - 1.5 ) , whereas the association for low occupational physical activity remained unchanged . The lack of leisure time physical activity and a sedentary occupation are associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease death , and the excess risk due to lack of leisure time physical activity is , in part , accounted for by other ischemic heart disease risk factors
Regular physical activity is beneficial for reducing mortality in patients with high BP .
BACKGROUND Physical activity has been shown to be beneficial for the prevention and management of hypertension .
In the general population , physical activity has been shown to decrease mortality .
PURPOSE The purpose of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize the literature examining the impact of physical activity on mortality in patients with high blood pressure ( BP ) .