Exercise-induced hypertension among healthy firefighters - A comparison between two different definitions

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-45

  Leiba, Adi ^a,b   Baur, Dorothee M ^a,c   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; exercise induced hypertension; exercise stress test; firefighters; hypertensive response to exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84872287551     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. N. Miyai, M. Arita, I. Morioka, K. Miyashita, I. Nishio, and S. Takeda Exercise BP response in subjects with high normal BP: exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise and risk of future hypertension in subjects with high normal blood pressure J Am Coll Cardiol 36 2000 1626 1631
2. Leiba A, Sharabi Y, Segev S, Kamari Y, Grossman E. Excessive exercise diastolic blood pressure is correlated with "reversed white-coat hypertension" in patients with normal office blood pressure. [abstract]. Fourteen European Meeting on Hypertension, ESH, Paris, France, 2004.
3. P. Hedberg, J. Ohrvik, I. Lonnberg, and G. Nilsson Augmented blood pressure response to exercise is associated with improved long term survival in older people Heart 95 2009 1072 1078
4. R. Fagard, J. Staessen, L. Thijs, and A. Amery Prognostic significance of exercise versus resting blood pressure in hypertensive men Hypertension 17 1991 574 578
5. M.P. Gupta, S. Polena, N. Coplan, G. Panagopoulos, C. Dhingra, J. Myers, and V. Froelicher Prognostic significance of systolic blood pressure increases in men during exercise stress testing Am J Cardiol 100 2007 1609 1613
6. T.A. Manolio, G.L. Burke, P.J. Savage, S. Sidney, J.M. Gardin, and A. Oberman Exercise blood pressure response and 5-year risk of elevated blood pressure in a cohort of young adults: the CARDIA study Am J Hypertens 7 1994 234 241
7. J.A. Laukkanen, and S. Kurl Blood pressure responses during exercise testing - is up best for prognosis? Ann Med 44 2012 218 224
8. D.G. Smith, J.M. Neutel, W.F. Graettinger, J. Myers, V.F. Froelicher, and M.A. Weber Impact of left ventricular hypertrophy on blood pressure responses to exercise Am J Cardiol 69 1992 225 228
9. M.H. Criqui, W.L. Haskell, G. Heiss, H.A. Tyroler, P. Green, and C.J. Rubenstein Predictors of systolic blood pressure response to treadmill exercise: the Lipid Research Clinics Program Prevalence Study Circulation 68 1983 225 233
10. J.O. Zanettini, F.D. Fuchs, M.T. Zanettini, and J.P. Zanettini Is hypertensive response in treadmill testing better identified with correction for working capacity? A study with clinical, echocardiographic and ambulatory blood pressure correlates Blood Pressure 13 2004 225 229
11. L.G. Ekelund, W.L. Haskell, J.L. Johnson, F.S. Whaley, M.H. Criqui, and D.S. Sheps Physical fitness as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in asymptomatic North American men. The Lipid Research Clinics Mortality Follow-up Study N Engl J Med 319 1988 1379 1384
12. J.A. Laukkanen, S. Kurl, R. Salonen, R. Rauramaa, and J.T. Salonen The predictive value of cardiorespiratory fitness for cardiovascular events in men with various risk profiles: a prospective population-based cohort study Eur Heart J 25 2004 1428 1437
13. J. Myers, M. Prakash, V. Froelicher, D. Do, S. Partington, and J.E. Atwood Exercise capacity and mortality among men referred for exercise testing N Engl J Med 346 2002 793 801
14. G.J. Miller, J.A. Cooper, and G.L. Beckles Cardiorespiratory fitness, all-cause mortality, and risk of cardiovascular disease in Trinidadian men - the St James survey Int J Epidemiol 34 2005 1387 1394
15. X. Sui, M.J. LaMonte, and S.N. Blair Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of nonfatal cardiovascular events in asymptomatic women and men Am J Epidemiol 165 2007 1413 1423
16. X. Sui, M.J. LaMonte, and S.N. Blair Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of nonfatal cardiovascular disease in women and men with hypertension Am J Hypertens 20 2007 608 615
17. S. Kodama, K. Saito, S. Tanaka, M. Maki, Y. Yachi, and M. Asumi Cardiorespiratory fitness as a quantitative predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in healthy men and women: a meta-analysis JAMA 301 2009 2024 2035
18. S.N. Kales, E.S. Soteriades, C.A. Christophi, and D.C. Christiani Emergency duties and deaths from heart disease among firefighters in the United States N Engl J Med 356 2007 1207 1215
19. E.S. Soteriades, D.L. Smith, A.J. Tsismenakis, D.M. Baur, and S.N. Kales Cardiovascular disease in US firefighters: a systematic review Cardiol Rev 19 2011 202 215
20. S.N. Kales, E.S. Soteriades, S.G. Christoudias, and D.C. Christiani Firefighters and on-duty deaths from coronary heart disease: a case control study Environ Health 2 2003 14
21. D.M. Baur, C.A. Christophi, A.J. Tsismenakis, E.F. Cook, and S.N. Kales Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cardiovascular risk profiles in career firefighters J Occup Environ Med 53 2011 1155 1160
22. D.M. Baur, C.A. Christophi, and S.N. Kales Metabolic syndrome is inversely related to cardio-respiratory fitness in male career firefighters J Strength Cond Res 2011 [epub ahead of print]
23. J.R. Geibe, J. Holder, L. Peeples, A.M. Kinney, J.W. Burress, and S.N. Kales Predictors of on-duty coronary events in male firefighters in the United States Am J Cardiol 101 2008 585 589
24. S.N. Kales, A.J. Tsismenakis, C. Zhang, and E.S. Soteriades Blood pressure in firefighters, police officers, and other emergency responders Am J Hypertens 22 2009 11 20
25. M.R. Carnethon, N.S. Evans, T.S. Church, C.E. Lewis, P.J. Schreiner, and D.R. Jacobs Jr. Joint associations of physical activity and aerobic fitness on the development of incident hypertension: coronary artery risk development in young adults Hypertension 56 2010 49 55
26. P.F. Kokkinos, P.E. Andreas, E. Coutoulakis, J.A. Colleran, P. Narayan, and C.O. Dotson Determinants of exercise blood pressure response in normotensive and hypertensive women: role of cardiorespiratory fitness J Cardiopuml Rehabil 22 2002 178 183
27. J.O. Zanettini, J.P. Zanettini, M.T. Zanettini, and F.D. Fuchs Correction of the hypertensive response in the treadmill testing by the work performance improves the prediction of hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and incidence of cardiac abnormalities by echocardiography: Results of an eight year follow-up study Int J Cardiol 141 2010 243 249
28. M. Hout, B.J. Arsenault, V. Gaudreault, P. Poirier, L. Perusse, and A. Tremblay Insulin resistance, low cardiorespiratory fitness, and increased exercise blood pressure. Contribution of abdominal obesity Hypertension 58 2011 1036 1042