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 ) .
Physical demands at work, physical fitness, and 30-year ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in the Copenhagen Male Study.
OBJECTIVE No previous long-term prospect i ve studies have examined if workers with low cardiorespiratory fitness have an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality due to high physical work dem and s. We tested this hypothesis . METHOD We carried out a 30-year follow-up of the Copenhagen Male Study of 5249 employed men aged 40 - 59 years . We excluded from follow-up 274 men with a history of myocardial infa rct ion , prevalent symptoms of angina pectoris , or intermittent claudication . We estimated physical fitness [ maximal oxygen consumption ( VO (2)Max ) ] using the Astr and cycling test and determined physical work dem and s with two self-reported questions . RESULTS In the Copenhagen Male Study , 587 men ( 11.9 % ) died due to ischaemic heart disease ( IHD ) . Using men with low physical work dem and s as the reference group , Cox analyses -- adjusted for age , blood pressure , smoking , alcohol consumption , body mass index , diabetes , and hypertension -- showed that high physical work dem and s were associated with an increased risk of IHD mortality in the least fit [ VO (2)Max range 15 - 26 , N=892 , hazard ratio ( HR ) 2.04 , 95 % confidence interval ( 95 % CI ) 1.20 - 3.49 ] and moderately fit ( VO (2)Max range 27 - 38 , N=3037 , HR 1.75 , 95 % CI 1.24 - 2.46 ) , but not among the most fit men ( VO (2)Max range 39 - 78 , N=1014 , HR 1.08 , 95 % CI 0.52 - 2.17 ) . We found a similar , although slightly weaker , relationship with respect to all-cause mortality . CONCLUSIONS The hypothesis was supported . Men with low and medium physical fitness have an increased risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality if exposed to high physical work dem and s. Ours observations suggest that , among men with high physical work dem and s , being physically fit protects against adverse cardiovascular effects
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 ) .