The Claim
In older adults with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk, intensive blood pressure control targeting systolic blood pressure below 120 mmHg reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality independently of changes in frailty status over 12 months.
What the research says
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In older adults with high blood pressure and high heart disease risk, lowering systolic blood pressure to below 120 mmHg reduces the chance of heart disease and death, regardless of whether their physical frailty improves, worsens, or stays the same over one year.
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In older adults with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk, intensive blood pressure control (target <120 mmHg) reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality regardless of whether frailty status improves, worsens, or remains stable over 12 months, indicating that the benefits of intensive treatment are consistent across frailty trajectories.
Lowering blood pressure reduces force on blood vessel walls, which prevents damage to the heart, kidneys, and brain, and keeps these organs working properly, lowering the chance of heart attacks and death.
What the research says
1 studyEven if older adults with high blood pressure get weaker, stronger, or stay the same over a year, lowering their blood pressure to below 120 still cuts their risk of heart attacks and death in half — the treatment works just as well no matter what happens to their physical strength.
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