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ArticleSports medicine international open2021

Blood Pressure Response and Vascular Function of Professional Athletes and Controls.

Pascal Bauer, Lutz Kraushaar, Sophie Hoelscher, Rebecca Weber, Ebru Akdogan, Stanislav Keranov, Oliver Dörr, Holger Nef, Christian W Hamm, Astrid Most

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Article in Sports medicine international open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Prognostic value of exercise blood pressure: role of fitness and exercise training.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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  5. Former SARS-CoV-2 Infection Was Related to Decreased VODiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  6. Exercise Hypertension in Athletes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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10 authors.

Pascal BauerMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6036-8689
Lutz KraushaarAdiphea, Adiphea GmbH, Werbach, Germany.
Sophie HoelscherMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Rebecca WeberMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Ebru AkdoganMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Stanislav KeranovMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Oliver DörrMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Holger NefMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Christian W HammMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Astrid MostMedizinische Klinik I- Kardiologie/Angiologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Workload-indexed blood pressure response (wiBPR) to exercise has been shown to be superior to peak systolic blood pressure (SBP) in predicting mortality in healthy men. Thus far, however, markers of wiBPR have not been evaluated for athletes and the association with vascular function is unclear. We examined 95 male professional athletes (26±5 y) and 30 male controls (26±4 y). We assessed vascular functional parameters at rest and wiBPR with a graded bicycle ergometer test and compared values for athletes with those of controls. Athletes had a lower pulse wave velocity (6.4±0.9 vs. 7.2±1.5 m/s, p=0.001) compared to controls. SBP/Watt slope (0.34±0.13 vs. 0.44±0.12 mmHg/W), SBP/MET slope (6.2±1.8 vs. 7.85±1.8 mmHg/MET) and peak SBP/Watt ratio (0.61±0.12 vs. 0.95±0.17 mmHg/W) were lower in athletes than in controls (p<0.001). The SBP/Watt and SBP/MET slope in athletes were comparable to the reference values, whereas the peak SBP/Watt-ratio was lower. All vascular functional parameters measured were not significantly correlated to the wiBPR in either athletes or controls. In conclusion, our findings indicate the potential use of the SBP/Watt and SBP/MET slope in pre-participation screening of athletes. Further, vascular functional parameters, measured at rest, were unrelated to the wiBPR in athletes and controls.

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arterial hypertensionathletesExercise testpulse wave analysisSBP/MET slopeworkload-indexed blood pressure response

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PMID33889714
PMCPMC8055378

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