High fitness levels can reduce death risk from cardiovascular disease in men: Study
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High fitness levels can reduce death risk from cardiovascular disease in men: Study

Hindustan Times  

In men with high blood pressure, being fit may lower their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Men with high blood pressure and low fitness had a more than doubled risk of cardiovascular death compared to those with normal blood pressure and high fitness. When men with high blood pressure had high fitness levels, their elevated risk of cardiovascular risk persisted but was weaker: it was 55% higher than those with normal blood pressure and high fitness. Professor Laukkanen said: “Both high blood pressure and low fitness levels were each associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death. High fitness levels attenuated, but did not eliminate, the increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in men with elevated blood pressure.”

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