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systolic blood pressure (SBP)

Blood pressure when the left ventricle is contracting, i.e. during systole. Pathology: - also see systolic hypertension - systolic BP increases throughout the 7th decade of life, but diastolic BP plateaus in the 5th decade - between-arm systolic BP difference of >= 10-15 mm Hg may be associated with a) peripheral vascular disease (HR=2.5) [2] b) increased cardiovascular deaths & all-cause deaths [3] - people with the lowest BP levels (90-114)/(60-74) mm Hg with the lowest risk for cardiovascular disease [4] - association of blood pressure with cardiovascular disease decreases with increasing age [4]

Related

diastolic blood pressure (DBP) systole systolic hypertension (hypertension in the elderly)

Specific

systolic blood pressure > 140 mm Hg

General

blood pressure (BP)

References

  1. Diagnostic History & Physical Examination in Medicine, Chan & Winkle, Current Clinical Strategies, Laguna Hills, CA 1996
  2. Clark CE et al Association of a difference in systolic blood pressure between arms with vascular disease and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet. 2012 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22293369 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61710-8/fulltext - McManus RJ and Mant J Do differences in blood pressure between arms matter? Lancet. 2012 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22293365 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61926-0/fulltext
  3. Clark CE et al. The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: Primary care cohort study. BMJ 2012 Mar 20; 344:e1327 PMID: 22433975
  4. Rapsomaniki E et al Blood pressure and incidence of twelve cardiovascular diseases: lifetime risks, healthy life-years lost, and age-specific associations in 1 25 million people. The Lancet, Volume 383, Issue 9932, pg 1899-1911, 31 May 2014 PMID: 24881994 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960685-1/abstract#