Association between health-related physical fitness and incident hypertension among the elderly in Wuhan: a seven-year cohort study
Better lower-body muscle strength and upper-body body flexibility appear to be associated with a lower risk of hypertension. Exercise programs targeting these dimensions are recommended to reduce the incidence of hypertension among older adult.
Authors
- Siqi Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0370-3110)
- Sisi Ke
- Tonghui Yuan
- Mei Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4911-8205)
- Liyin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7573-7632)
- Yan Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-4048)
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6284-0150)
- Yuqian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5240-4021)
- Xinghua Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-3535)
- Yaqiong Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-4483)
- Wen Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-6490)
Institutions
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Wuhan University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25635-3
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00