Tracking Blood Pressure Over Time May Reveal Future Events

Your pattern of blood pressure readings over a period of years may be a better predictor of cardiovascular events than a single high reading.

Published: July 11, 2016

Your pattern of systolic blood pressure from middle age onward may provide a more accurate snapshot of your risk of stroke and other hypertension-related complications than a single high blood pressure reading. Thats according to a study published recently in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. Researchers devised some common trajectories for blood pressure readings, and noted the risks associated with each one.