Biomarkers · Cardiac & Hemodynamics
Mean Arterial Pressure
The published study could not tell whether risk rises or falls: its 95% interval includes no change. In NHANES 1999–2018 with linked mortality to 2019, each standard deviation above average goes with 1% higher risk of death. No clear pattern in NHANES
Mean Arterial Pressure and risk of death
Published curve higher than the NHANES fitNHANES fit higher
Risk of death from our NHANES fit, relative to its reference value. The dotted vertical line marks the NHANES median.
Mean Arterial Pressure across cohorts
Mean Arterial Pressure by age and sex
Each bar runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile, the darker part from the 25th to the 75th, and the tick is the median. Not a reference range or a target.
The percentiles as a table
| Sex | Age | 5th | 25th | Median | 75th | 95th | n | Cycle / source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 20-39 | 71.1 | 78.7 | 84.9 | 91.9 | 105 | 1,449 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| All | 40-59 | 75.5 | 85.1 | 91.3 | 99.6 | 112 | 1,576 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| All | 60+ | 72.7 | 82.9 | 90.0 | 98.9 | 112 | 1,923 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| All | all | 72.4 | 82.0 | 88.7 | 96.9 | 110 | 4,948 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Men | 20-39 | 73.2 | 81.6 | 88.0 | 95.0 | 108 | 704 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Men | 40-59 | 78.4 | 86.9 | 92.7 | 101 | 112 | 744 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Men | 60+ | 73.3 | 83.8 | 91.1 | 98.9 | 112 | 980 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Men | all | 74.4 | 84.4 | 90.4 | 98.0 | 111 | 2,428 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Women | 20-39 | 70.4 | 76.7 | 82.2 | 87.6 | 98.8 | 745 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Women | 40-59 | 74.0 | 82.9 | 89.3 | 98.2 | 112 | 832 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Women | 60+ | 71.4 | 82.0 | 89.3 | 98.9 | 111 | 943 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
| Women | all | 71.3 | 79.8 | 86.9 | 95.3 | 110 | 2,520 | NHANES 2017-2018 |
What studies found when this marker was changed
They describe what happened in those study groups, not a recommendation. See all catalogued interventions.
Measured changes in Mean Arterial Pressure, study by study
4 effects with a numeric size, each from one study arm: the dot is the reported change, the line its 95% interval where one was given. Study results in the groups studied, not predictions for a person.
| Type | Intervention | Reported effect | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| exercise | Aerobic exercise training; effect expressed per additional 30 minutes per week in adults with hypertension | MAP -1.37 mmHg (95% CI -1.80 to -0.93) per 30 min/week of aerobic exercise | meta-analysis | Jabbarzadeh Ganjeh B, Zeraattalab-Motlagh S, Jayedi A, et al. Hypertens Res… |
| exercise | Isometric resistance training vs sedentary or sham control in adults with hypertension | MAP -7.19 mmHg (95% CI -9.06 to -5.32) vs control | meta-analysis | Baffour-Awuah B, Pearson MJ, Dieberg G, et al. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2023. |
| exercise | Whole-body stretching 30 min/day, 5 days/week for 8 weeks in high-normal BP or stage 1 hypertension | Sitting MAP fell from 108 to 103 mmHg after 8 weeks of stretching (walking group unchanged, 105 to 105) | RCT | Ko J, Deprez D, Shaw K, et al. J Phys Act Health. 2021. |
| exercise | Two consecutive yearly 16-week supervised high-intensity interval training programmes in adults with metabolic syndrome | MAP fell from 101 to 94 mmHg over 2 years (control 98 to 99) | RCT | Morales-Palomo F, Ramirez-Jimenez M, Ortega JF, et al. Med Sci Sports Exerc… |
Sources
- Sun et al. Association of mean arterial pressure with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in young adults. Postgraduate medical journal. 2020;96:455-460.
- NHANES curve: our Cox model adjusted for age and sex, NHANES 1999–2018 with linked mortality to 2019.
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