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- Title
The Impact of Blood Pressure Dipping Status on Cognition, Mobility, and Cardiovascular Health in Older Adults Following an Exercise Program.
- Authors
Boa Sorte Silva, Narlon C.; Gregory, Michael A.; Gill, Dawn P.; McGowan, Cheri L.; Petrella, Robert J.
- Abstract
Objectives: To determine whether a dual-task gait and aerobic exercise intervention differentially impacted older adults with normal blood pressure (BP) dipping status (dippers) compared to those with nondipping status (nondippers). Methods: This study was a secondary analysis involving participants (mean age = 70.3 years, 61% women) who attended a laboratory-based exercise intervention over a 6-month period (40 min/day and 3 days/week). Participants were assessed in measures of cognition, mobility, and cardiovascular health at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months (after a 6-month no-contact follow-up). Results: We observed improvements in cognition in both groups at 6 and 12 months, although no between-group differences were seen. Nondippers demonstrated superior improvements in usual gait velocity and step length after the exercise intervention compared to dippers. Dippers reduced daytime systolic BP at 6 and 12 months to a greater extent than nondippers. Discussion: BP dipping status at baseline did not influence exercise benefits to cognition but did mediate changes in mobility and cardiovascular health.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; BLOOD pressure; STUDY skills; OLDER people; COGNITION
- Publication
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 2018, Vol 4, p1
- ISSN
2333-7214
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2333721418770333