Objective To explore the effect of step frequency-controlled walking exercise on vascular endothelial injury in postmenopausal patients with essential hypertension.Methods According to the screening criteria,postmenopausal women aged 55～60 years with essential hypertension and age-matched healthy women with normal blood pressure were recruited.The hypertensive patients were fur-ther divided into an exercise training group(ET)(n=23)that received step frequency-based walking intervention,and a positive control group(PC)(n=23)without exercise intervention.The normotensive healthy subjects were assigned to a negative control group(NC)(n=23).The exercise training lasted 45 to 60 minutes every other day,at least three times a week,for 12 weeks.Before and after the in-tervention,the following parameters were measured:morphological indices[body fat percentage and waist-to-hip ratio(WHR)],blood pressure indicators[systolic blood pressure(SBP)and diastolic blood pressure(SDP)],lipid metabolism markers consisting of the total cholesterol(TC),triglycerides(TG),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-c),and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol,and vascular en-dothelial injury parameters such as endothelial microparticles(EMPs),high-sensitivity C-reactive pro-tein(hs-CRP),and superoxide dismutase(SOD).Results After the intervention,the ET group exhibit-ed significant improvements compared to baseline(P<0.05).Specifically,reductions were observed in body fat percentage,WHR,SBP,TC,TG,LDL-c,EMPs,and hs-CRP(P<0.05).Meanwhile,HDL-c and SOD levels increased significantly(P<0.05).Most of the above indicators demonstrated sig-nificant improvements in the ET group compared to the PC group after the intervention(P<0.05).Con-clusion A 12-week step frequency-controlled walking exercise at moderate intensity improves body com-position,SBP,lipid metabolism,and vascular endothelial function in postmenopausal patients with hy-pertension,suggesting its potentialto reduce cardiovascular risk in this population.

Objective To explore the effect of step frequency-controlled walking exercise on vascular endothelial injury in postmenopausal patients with essential hypertension.Methods According to the screening criteria,postmenopausal women aged 55～60 years with essential hypertension and age-matched healthy women with normal blood pressure were recruited.The hypertensive patients were fur-ther divided into an exercise training group(ET)(n=23)that received step frequency-based walking intervention,and a positive control group(PC)(n=23)without exercise intervention.The normotensive healthy subjects were assigned to a negative control group(NC)(n=23).The exercise training lasted 45 to 60 minutes every other day,at least three times a week,for 12 weeks.Before and after the in-tervention,the following parameters were measured:morphological indices[body fat percentage and waist-to-hip ratio(WHR)],blood pressure indicators[systolic blood pressure(SBP)and diastolic blood pressure(SDP)],lipid metabolism markers consisting of the total cholesterol(TC),triglycerides(TG),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-c),and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol,and vascular en-dothelial injury parameters such as endothelial microparticles(EMPs),high-sensitivity C-reactive pro-tein(hs-CRP),and superoxide dismutase(SOD).Results After the intervention,the ET group exhibit-ed significant improvements compared to baseline(P<0.05).Specifically,reductions were observed in body fat percentage,WHR,SBP,TC,TG,LDL-c,EMPs,and hs-CRP(P<0.05).Meanwhile,HDL-c and SOD levels increased significantly(P<0.05).Most of the above indicators demonstrated sig-nificant improvements in the ET group compared to the PC group after the intervention(P<0.05).Con-clusion A 12-week step frequency-controlled walking exercise at moderate intensity improves body com-position,SBP,lipid metabolism,and vascular endothelial function in postmenopausal patients with hy-pertension,suggesting its potentialto reduce cardiovascular risk in this population.