Abstract

The evaluation of blood pressure during exercise plays an important role in diagnosis, assessment, and prognosis of hypertension. However, the prerequisite of an exact knowledge of normal behavior of exercise blood pressures is necessary. Blood pressure changes during bicycle ergometer work in the sitting position was tested and studied in 2972 athletes and nonathletes (1989 males, 983 females). The most important findings are: 1. A significant difference exists between males and females, which decreases with increasing work load levels 2. There is a significant influence of age and body weight on blood pressure behavior and changes 3. The blood pressure during exercise is possibly dependent on the work load protocol 4. There are no substantial differences in blood pressure reactions between athletes and nonathletes. Normal or standard ranges are presented based on regression comparisons and the corresponding standarderrors of estimation. Verf.-Referat