People who suffer from sporadic high blood pressure readings may have higher risk of stroke than patients with persistently high blood pressure, reveals a novel research.
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that variations in blood pressure levels may lead to a stroke in the patients, despite their average blood pressure mark.
Peter Rothwell, MD, professor of clinical neurology, Stroke Prevention Research Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England said, “We have shown that it is variations in people’s blood pressure rather than the average level that predicts stroke most powerfully.”
“Occasional high values, and what might be called episodic hypertension, carry a high risk of stroke,” stated Rothwell.
