Stroke Incidence in Patients With Hypertension According to Cardiorespiratory Fitness.
Peter KokkinosCharles FaselisAndreas PittarasImmanuel Babu Henry SamuelCarl J LavieRobert RossMichael J LaMonteBarry A FranklinCharalampos GrassosEdward ZapriniRayelynn MurphyJonathan MyersPublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2024)
Poor CRF carried a greater risk than any of the cardiac risk factors in patients with hypertension, regardless of age, race, or sex. The lower stroke risk associated with improved CRF suggests that increasing physical activity, even later in life, may reduce stroke risk.