Sentences with phrase «systolic blood pressure of»

For example, a 62 - year - old man whose systolic blood pressure (the top number) is 125, doesn't smoke, and does not have diabetes or other cardiovascular problems, would have a 4 percent risk of stroke over the following decade; if the same man had a systolic blood pressure of 160 (140 and above is too high) and wasn't receiving treatment for high blood pressure, his risk of stroke within the next 10 years would be 15 percent.

Effect of Control of Systolic Blood Pressure of Survival in Cats with Systemic Hypertension.

Trial participants were men and women 35 to 65 years of age who had an average systolic blood pressure of 130 - 159 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure of 80 - 99 mmHg based on an average of 9 readings (3 observations at each of 3 screening visits).

In one eight - week study among twins, those taking 1,000 mg per day of olive leaf extract had an average drop in systolic blood pressure of 13 mm Hg and a drop of 4 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure.

In one study, individuals having high blood pressure and supplementing their diets with flaxseed experienced a reduction in systolic blood pressure of 10 mmHg, and a reduction in diastolic pressure of 7 mmHg.

Ambulatory systolic blood pressure — measured by a portable machine that patients wore for 24 hours — dropped significantly for all patients at six months, with a drop of 7.9 mmHg for all patients with blood pressure readings of 140 or higher — and the largest reductions, 9.2 mmHg, for the subset of patients with ambulatory systolic blood pressure of 160 or higher.

An increase of an additional 7g (1.2 teaspoons) of salt above the average intake was associated with an increase in systolic blood pressure of 3.7 mmHg.

The researchers caution that the study did not address effects in people with systolic blood pressure of 160 or greater or in persons with prior cardiovascular disease or medication treated diabetes.

For the study, investigators tested and followed 412 adults, including 234 women, ranging in age from 23 to 76 years and with a systolic blood pressure of 120 - 159 mm Hg and a diastolic blood pressure between 80 - 95 mm Hg (i.e., prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension).

Most surprisingly, say the researchers, a participant who had a baseline systolic blood pressure of 150 or greater and was consuming the combination low - sodium / DASH diet had an average reduction of 21 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure compared to the high - sodium control diet.

In all five studies, null results were reported, and a mean difference in systolic blood pressure of 0.0 mmHg between breast - and bottle - fed subjects was assigned.

Systolic blood pressures of participants ranged from 140 - 159 mm Hg, while diastolic BPs were 90 - 95 mm Hg.

Not exact matches

One such study by the University of Utah found that healthy patients who consumed unprocessed cacao experienced a decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 5 mm within two weeks.

One study found that drinking one glass of beet juice lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 4 - 5 points.

Long - term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta - analysis.

In general, every 20 millimeter increase in systolic blood pressure doubles the risk of cardiovascular disease.

As BPA levels rose, so too did systolic blood pressure readings — on average by about five millimeters of mercury.

Articles were included if they fulfilled the following criteria: 1) having been breastfed in infancy was compared with bottle (artificial) feeding, 2) systolic or diastolic blood pressure had been measured as an outcome, and 3) an estimate of the mean difference in blood pressure between breast - and bottle - fed groups could be extracted from the article.

That is, we found some evidence that small studies (i.e., those with higher standard errors, located to the right of the figure), compared with larger studies, reported larger mean differences in systolic blood pressure between infant feeding groups.

If you have had normal blood pressure before your pregnancy but had developed high blood pressure after 20 weeks of pregnancy (systolic pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg)

Eleven systolic blood pressure observations (nine studies) were of children (aged 1 — 16 years), and six observations (five studies) occurred in later adulthood (age ≥ 17 years).

Studies that formally tested for interaction found little evidence of sex differences in the association between breastfeeding and systolic or diastolic blood pressure (20, 43).

In a sensitivity analysis, inclusion in the meta - analysis of the assumed zero estimates from the five studies (table 1) with no published mean differences attenuated the overall summary estimate for systolic blood pressure (mean difference: — 1.0 mmHg, 95 percent CI: — 1.6; — 0.4; p = 0.002), but there was still strong evidence of an inverse association.

Using drugs to lower systolic blood pressure to less than 120 millimeters of mercury cut people's risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular woes by 25 percent, researchers report November 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

«What we're observing from the combined dietary intervention is a reduction in systolic blood pressure as high as, if not greater than, that achieved with prescription drugs,» says senior study author Lawrence Appel, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A team led by epidemiologist Paul Muntner of Tulane University analyzed health surveys of Americans aged 8 to 17 and found that systolic (peak) blood pressure has risen an average of 1.4 points since 1988 — 1994.

Among patients with hypertension at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a program that consisted of patients measuring their blood pressure and adjusting their antihypertensive medication accordingly resulted in lower systolic blood pressure at 12 months compared to patients who received usual care, according to a study in the August 27 issue of JAMA.

We know this because patients who were given the new - look medication presented higher hypertension and systolic blood pressure than either of their peers whose medication was unchanged or simply wrapped in a different packaging.

«Levels of stress hormones, systolic blood pressure and biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation were significantly lower when using real air purifiers,» Kan said.

To put the potential impact of the findings into context, Juraschek says, the FDA requires any new antihypertensive agent submitted for approval to lower systolic blood pressure by 3 - 4 mm Hg.

Systolic blood pressure, though, tends to rise, and high blood pressure — hypertension — can put extra strain on the heart and arteries, causing greater risk of heart attack and stroke.

Using drugs to lower people's systolic blood pressure, the pressure when the heart contracts, to less than 120 millimeters of mercury could cut heart attack, stroke and death rates.

The systolic blood pressure (top number) of the female offspring rats were about 10 mm Hg to 13 mm Hg lower compared to the offspring of pregnant rats not given PETN.

Although the prevalence of diabetes mellitus increased over time, other risk factors, such as cigarette smoking, measured systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol values, decreased.

Orthostatic hypotension was defined as a drop of 20 mmHg or more in systolic blood pressure or 10 mmHg or more in diastolic blood pressure.

«After 15 weeks of participation in recreational soccer, systolic and diastolic blood pressure had fallen by 12 and 6 millimetres of mercury (mmHg) and the women had lost 2.3 kg of fat on average,» says project leader Magni Mohr.

They showed that the longer the exposure to excess body fat (adiposity) in adulthood the greater the cardiovascular - related problems in later life, including increased thickness of the carotid artery walls, raised systolic blood pressure, and increased risk of diabetes.

Those who took part in the SAGE survey were categorized as hypertensive if the mean of two measurements was equal or greater than 140mmHg (systolic blood pressure) or 90mmHg (diastolic blood pressure), or if they were taking treatment for hypertension.

• Systolic blood pressure levels above 140 mmHg were linked with higher risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and death in patients with CKD of all ages, but the magnitude of these associations diminished with more advanced age.

UNDER PRESSURE Hitting a systolic blood pressure target of 120 millimeters of mercury took, on average, three drugs for a group of participants undergoing intensive treatment (orange line) in an NIH - sponsored clinicaPRESSURE Hitting a systolic blood pressure target of 120 millimeters of mercury took, on average, three drugs for a group of participants undergoing intensive treatment (orange line) in an NIH - sponsored clinicapressure target of 120 millimeters of mercury took, on average, three drugs for a group of participants undergoing intensive treatment (orange line) in an NIH - sponsored clinical trial.

A systolic blood pressure measurement of 140 mmHg or higher and a diastolic measurement of 90 mmHG or higher (140/90 mmHg) is considered high.

Earlier this year, preliminary results from the trial, named the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, or SPRINT, convinced the National Institutes of Health to end the study a year ahead of schedule (SN Online: 9/11/15).

While surrogate measures may be appropriate in some cases, as more surrogates are being used in a wider variety of conditions, fewer are subject to the kind of rigorous validation of past FDA - authorized surrogates such as cholesterol levels or systolic blood pressure, speakers cautioned.

Now researchers at the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Israel have developed a method to more accurately measure systolic blood pressure.

Although both study groups showed a statistically significant decrease at six months compared with baseline -LRB--14.1 mmHg for renal denervation compared to -11.7 mmHg for the sham treatment control), the difference of -2.29 mmHg in office systolic blood pressure between the two arms was not significant.

«Our findings show that more than one in four young adults who binge drink meet the criterion for pre-hypertension (i.e., a systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 millimetres of mercury).

Results were similar for change in 24 - hour systolic blood pressure, with a non-significant difference between the two arms of -1.96 mmHg.

Systolic blood pressure measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (i.e., when the heart muscle contracts), and it should be below 140 millimetres of mercury.

Renal denervation failed to achieve the primary efficacy endpoint of a decrease in systolic blood pressure measured in the doctor's office from baseline to six months or the powered secondary efficacy endpoint of decrease in average 24 - hour levels by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, which provides more reliable readings.

In a study published in the June 16 online edition of JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that lowering systolic blood pressure below 120 does not appear to provide additional benefit for patients.