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Why Exercise Blood Pressure Alone May Miss Cardiovascular Risk—and What Combining It With Fitness Reveals
By MedXY|Apr 13, 2026
The EXERTION study of 12,743 individuals demonstrates that exercise systolic blood pressure relative to aerobic fitness (SBP/METPeak) is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events, whereas exercise BP alone provides no prognostic value.