[brodouevencode]

342 participants presumably of similar demographics, no mention of diet or previous health state, no mention of other cofactors

Studies like this are just click-bait.

[emptybits]

There's just this: "342 adults aged 18 to 65 years with prehypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120 to 139 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP (DBP) of 80 to 89 mm Hg"

But I agree; any other criteria that reduced the 1189 patients screened down to the final 342 is not mentioned.

[freitzkriesler2]

Sometimes these studies read like they're trying to give people an excuse to not do high intensity cardio.

And I say this as someone who hates cardio.