Sitting diastolic blood pressure

1. Sitting diastolic blood pressure raises the risk of myocardial infarction in humans.

   “The effect of sitting diastolic blood pressure on risk of myocardial infarction was confined primarily to men with a delta DBP of 10 mm Hg or more.”

   Humansin men with delta DBP >= 10 mm Hgmalesn = 1,359

   Postural changes in diastolic blood pressure and the risk of myocardial infarction: the Normative Aging Study

   Circulation·1 Oct 1984

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