"Even if you work out for 5 minutes a day, it lowers your blood pressure"How effective is it?
Nov 07, 2024
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The University College London research team in the United Kingdom found this conclusion after conducting a survey of 14,761 adults, and published it in the journal Circulation of the American Heart Association.
The research team combined and analyzed data from previous studies with data from having participants wear movement trackers on their thighs for 24 hours a day.
On average, participants spent seven hours of sleep per day, 10 hours of sitting, 3 hours of standing, 1 hour of slow walking, 1 hour of fast walking, and 16 minutes of intense exercise.
The researchers found that replacing less active behavior with five minutes of exercise could lower systolic blood pressure by 0.68 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure by 0.54 mmHg.
The decrease was greater when the exercise time was 15 min longer.
Twenty minutes of vigorous exercise reduced systolic blood pressure by 2 mmHg.
Previous studies have explained that a 2 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure can reduce heart disease and stroke fatality rates by 7% to 10%.
Dr. Arun Manmadan, an assistant professor at Columbia University's Baghelos School of Medicine, said"a study that has shown that even a small amount of movement can have significant effects on cardiovascular health.' He added that "Investing 5 to 10 minutes a day can help manage blood pressure."
On the other hand, hypertension is generally divided into systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, and the combination of these two values determines the stage of hypertension. It is normal when systolic blood pressure is less than 120mmHg and diastolic blood pressure is less than 80mmHg, less than 140/90mmHg is the prehypertensive stage, less than 160/100mmHg is the first stage of hypertension, and more than that is the second stage of hypertension. Continued hypertension can adversely affect the whole body, including cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and kidney failure, so steady management is important.
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