Blood Pressure Lowering May Boost Life Expectancy
(NY, Reuters Health, 11/28/03)

Dr. Howard. D. Sesso, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and team, used a hypothetical model and data from 57,573 subjects to assess the effect of lowering blood pressure on life expectancy. For the investigation, the scientists categorized the subjects by 7 parameters: “no cardiovascular disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, revascularization, history of cardiovascular disease, non-cardiovascular disease death, and cardiovascular death.” The researchers concluded that cardiovascular patients who have hypertension could significantly increase their life spans by reducing their blood pressure.