The term “prehypertension” was introduced to alert people that systolic pressure between 120 and 139 mmHg was reason to initiate lifestyle changes or modest drug therapy.
The problem with using the term prehypertension is that it caused patients and physicians to not take seriously the dangers it represents.
A systematic review on the clinical relevance of prehypertension was published in 2013 and revealed more increases in vascular risk than the carefully controlled SPRINT study.
The authors of this 2013 review performed an analysis of 18 previous studies that included a whopping 468,561 patients. They found that patients with prehypertension had a:
55% increased risk of cardiovascular disease,
50% increased risk of coronary heart disease,
71% increased stroke risk.
The authors went a step further and looked at people in the low prehypertension range, defined by systolic blood pressure of just 120 to 129 mmHg. Risk of cardiovascular disease in this prehypertension group was 46% higher than for individuals with systolic blood pressure levels below 120 mmHg.
According to this very large analysis, even lower-range prehypertension has a significant impact on morbidity and mortality, which is why Life Extension has urged for so long that optimal blood pressure readings are 115/75 mmHg.
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Zusammenfassung: Ein Blutdruck von über 120 bis 130 ist keine Kleinigkeit sondern ein echtes Risiko. 115 sind ein besserer Wert da er weder groß Schwindel auslöst aber trotzdem gesünder ist.
Wir leben immer länger und deshalb muss die Belastung auf unseren Körper auch niedrig sein. Vielleicht sogar niedriger als was optimal wäre für den Körper aber eben nur unter der Voraussetzung dass wir wie unsere Vorfahren früh sterben.