Both Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressures Predictor for Cardiovascular Risk
Written by WTJ on February 20, 2009 – 10:11 am -
Currently physicians diagnose patients with systolic and diastolic blood pressures of 140/90 and above as hypertension (high blood pressure). Physicians tend to use systolic blood pressure to predict the risk of having heart disease at middle aged or older individuals.
Dr Stanley Franklin and colleagues from UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program showed that by looking at both systolic and diastolic blood pressures together could be a more effective predictor for heart attack or stroke risks. The study reviewed 9,567 participants who had not receive antihypertension treatment from Framinham Heart Study. The combination of high systolic blood pressure with low (under 70 mm Hg) blood pressure or high diastolic blood pressure had higher risk of getting cardiovascular disease. However people with systolic and diastolic blood pressures of 120/40 and below are normal. The results were published in the journal Circulation.
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