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 activity and cause-specific mortality in men with Type 2 diabetes/impaired glucose tolerance: evidence from the Whitehall study.
AIMS Given that studies of individuals with Type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance indicate that physical activity has a normalizing effect on several indices of coronary heart disease ( CHD ) risk-including body weight , blood pressure , blood lipids , and cardiorespiratory fitness-it is plausible that activity may reduce CHD incidence in this group in the long term . The aim of the present analysis was to explore this hypothesis using data from a prospect i ve observational study . METHODS We examined the relation of two indices of physical activity-walking pace and leisure activity-to total mortality , CHD , and other cardiovascular diseases in a 25-year follow-up of 6408 male British Civil Servants who underwent an oral glucose tolerance test at study entry . RESULTS In 352 men who were identified as having Type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance ( diabetes/IGT ) at baseline , 215 had died at follow-up and , in 6056 normoglycaemics , 2550 deaths had occurred . The two indices of physical activity were inversely related to all-cause , CHD , and other cardiovascular disease mortality in both normoglycaemics and in men with diabetes/IGT . Although these associations were attenuated somewhat after statistical adjustment for a range of covariates , the majority held , suggesting an independent effect for physical activity . The gradient of the activity-mortality association was steeper in individuals with diabetes/IGT in comparison with the normoglycaemics , with the linear trend across activity levels for CHD risk differing markedly in the analyses of both walking pace ( P-value for interaction test = 0.05 ) and leisure activity ( P-value = 0.02 ) . CONCLUSIONS The findings of the present analysis of men with Type 2 diabetes/IGT provide support for those from a small number of other studies of persons with Type 2 diabetes suggesting that this group may benefit from physical activity in terms of CHD risk reduction
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 ) .