Treadmill Test and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Can They Be Performed on the Same Day? Can the Effort Reached on the Treadmill Interfere?

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess whether the exercise stress test influences the results of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in individuals who undergo both examinations on the same day, and whether the intensity reached during the test affects the blood pressure values obtained through ABPM. A total of 190 adults participated in the study, which included two analyses: performing the tests on the same day (n=145) versus on different days (n=45) and reaching submaximal (n=95) versus maximal (n=50) heart rate during the exercise stress test. Performing the exercise stress test and ABPM on the same day did not affect maximum systolic blood pressure during wakefulness (p=0.5307) or sleep (p=0.7383), maximum diastolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.2691) or sleep (p=0.3974), minimum systolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.4615) or sleep (p=0.5584), or minimum diastolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.1289) or sleep (p=0.8075). When comparing the intensity of effort reached, there were no differences in maximum systolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.1029) or sleep (p=0.2149), maximum diastolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.2062) or sleep (p=0.1851), minimum systolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.7964) or sleep (p=0.8991), and minimum diastolic pressure during wakefulness (p=0.8864) or sleep (p=0.4892). No differences were found in ABPM blood pressure values between individuals who performed the exercise stress test on the same day and those who did so on different days. Additionally, the intensity reached during the test, whether submaximal or maximal, did not influence ABPM results.