A união de diferentes indicadores de risco para a saúde (obesidade central, dislipidemia, resistência à insulina e hipertensão arterial) constitui a síndrome metabólica (JAMA, 2001). Rotinas sistematizadas de exercícios físicos ou, simplesmente o aumento no gasto energético diário mesmo que não envolvendo exercícios fiscos, são largamente empregados para o controle destes diferentes fatores de riscos à saúde (GUTIN et al., 2005; CHRISTOFARO et al., 2008). Esta larga utilização do exercício físico como tratamento não-farmacológico se dá ao fato de que reduções de gordura corporal total e abdominal, induzidas pelo exercício estão associadas com melhoras significativas na sensibilidade à insulina, pressão arterial e perfil lipídico (KANG et al. 2002; CHRISTOFARO et al., 2008).

-The present study compared blood glucose levels, heart rate (HR) at rest and during exercise, besides body composition between hypertensive and normotensive individuals. The sample consisted of 32 young males with an average age of 22.6 years. Initially, the blood pressure was measured to split the sample into two groups: hypertensive and normotensive. Subsequently, fasting blood glucose, bioelectrical impedance, anthropometry, and resting heart rate, heart rate during maximal effort test and recovery phase were measured. Statistical analysis was composed of a Student t test and two-way repeated measures analysis. The significance adopted was p = 0.05. The analyzed data showed that hypertensive patients have higher metabolic rates and hemodynamic values than normotensive individuals, which are indicators of cardiovascular risk.

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