March 28, 2020: Recent Findings

Association of Blood Pressure Responses to Submaximal Exercise in Midlife With the Incidence of Cardiovascular Outcomes and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study

Joowon Lee, Ramachandran S. Vasan, and Vanessa Xanthakis

Clinical Perspective

What is New?

• We observed significant associations of higher exercise blood pressure and delayed blood pressure recovery after submaximal exercise with a higher risk of hypertension, subclinical and clinical CVD, and all‐cause mortality in middle‐aged to older adults.

What Are the Clinical Implications?

• Submaximal exercise blood pressure and blood pressure recovery after submaximal exercise in midlife may provide important prognostic information on the risk classification of new‐onset of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in later life.

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Lee, J., Vasan, R. S., & Xanthakis, V. (2020). Association of Blood Pressure Responses to Submaximal Exercise in Midlife With the Incidence of Cardiovascular Outcomes and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, e015554.