Hypertension

Fitness level may predict women's risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 31st, 2002

A woman's physical fitness level may mitigate the effect of stress on her risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a new study.

"We think these initial findings are sufficiently positive to encourage a randomized controlled trial that will provide a better test of the independent effects of cardiorespiratory fitness on...responses during stress," said author Rod K. Dishman, PhD, in the journal Psychophysiology.

Dishman and his colleagues recruited 13 men and 13 women with normal blood pressure whose average age was mid-20s. All subjects reported that they exercised either moderately or vigorously at least three times a week during...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-10-31)

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