Lopes S, Mesquita-Bastos J, Garcia C, et al. - Physical activity may be a crucial lifestyle intervention for patients suffering from resistant hypertension because lower arterial stiffness was observed in relation to higher daily levels of light-intensity and total physical activity. Nonetheless, this link is weak and reduced or abolished when adjusted for blood pressure and age.

• This study involved 57 patients with resistant hypertension (50.9% men), aged 58.8±9.4 years.

• Participants presented with a body mass index of 29.0±4.0 kg/m ² (84.3% overweight/obese) and were receiving an average 4.5 antihypertensive medications.

• Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) was 9.2±2.4 m/s and most of the patients (n=41, 71.9%) had a cf-PWV <10 m/s.

• An inverse correlation of cf-PWV with light-intensity physical activity and with total daily physical activity was found.