Getting your blood pressure taken while lying down may provide a more accurate reading that could point to cardiovascular risks, new research finds. Researchers agree that the gold standard of having blood pressure taken—sitting up—is not wrong, even with the new study’s findings.
Getting your blood pressure taken while lying down may provide a more accurate reading that could point to cardiovascular risks, new research finds.
There’s a reason you get your blood pressure taken every time you go to the doctor’s office. Blood pressure can often predict certain health severities that are important to take note of—the risk of stroke, heart disease, and even premature death. that he “did not expect supine blood pressure to be such a potent predictor of cardiovascular disease events or for blood pressure to vary so much in the supine position” heading into the research.
The average participant age was 54, with 56% of participants identifying as female, and 25% identifying as Black. They were followed for 25 to 28 years, with final data collection taking place from 2011 to 2013. According to Giao, a person’s autonomic nervous system regulates blood pressure in various body positions “to provide stability.”
“So, in looking at this study, you have a small number of people who have a discrepancy between blood pressure sitting down versus blood pressure when they are lying [down],” he said. Katz reiterated how important it is to put findings from very specific trials like this one in context.
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