Blood Pressure as a Marker of Ageing

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Best blood pressure medications to try? 38 year old M, decent shape, with 130/70 BP
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This is slightly off-topic, but I would be very curious in hearing what people think of those Withings scales. The Body Cardio one seems like the one that has pulse wave velocity: Wi-Fi Smart Scale with Body Composition & Heart Rate - Body Cardio | Withings . And The Boby Composition looks like a dream scale for people like me that are interested in continuous data collection: Advanced Body Composition Wi-Fi Scale - Body Comp | Withings

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isoflavones, so maybe natto helps?

natto is like the most important superfood iā€™ve EVER found

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I love :heart: my Withings Body Cardio, very simple to use. The only drawback is that there is no body fat breakdown into visceral & subcutaneous

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Hi John, Iā€™m very interested in the pulse wave velocity (PWV) using Withings Cardio Scale. Do you use it and do you think it gives you some valuable info? Thanks.
My average blood pressure readings (at home) are 115 over 74 but from following threads here - lower would be better. Iā€™m trying to get closer to 100 over 60. I recently started taking citrulline daily but havenā€™t seen much change outside the daily variations.

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Yes, I do use it and I think itā€™s useful in that it gives me another biomarker which to measure myself against.

[The best smart scales for 2024]

From the above review of smart scales, this statement caught my eye

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Iā€™ve had anecdotal reports that PWV scales have sent people to the doctor, where theyā€™ve found they were close to a cardiac event. Itā€™s worth saying, as with all of these technologies, that there is limited, albeit positive, research into how accurate these systems are.
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As regards accuracy there is this study

Itā€™s partly because of these scales, iā€™ve started using Tadalafil, a PDE5i to ā€˜relaxā€™ my blood vessels.

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Thanks so much. I think it looks like a valuable test so Iā€™m looking at getting one of those scales.

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How about just viagra (unitedpharmacies)

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I use the Withings body smart scale. Beyond ā€œweightā€, Iā€™m not sure I trust the accuracy, but I trust the trends.
As for these scales saving someoneā€™s life, those people must have really bad medical care.

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I found this blood pressure research interestingā€¦

Inter-leg systolic blood pressure difference has been associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: analysis of NHANES 1999ā€“2004

Background

Inter-leg systolic blood pressure difference (ILSBPD) has emerged as a novel cardiovascular risk factor. This study aims to investigate the predictive value of ILSBPD on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that the increment of ILSBPD was significantly associated with higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population.

Open access paper:

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