Sentences with phrase «did systolic blood pressure»

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

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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.

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.

In a study that included overweight and obese participants, those with diets with low glycemic index of dietary carbohydrate did not have improvements in insulin sensitivity, lipid levels, or systolic blood pressure, according to a study in the December 17 issue of JAMA.

To explore the possibility that frailty (which is associated with both low cholesterol and death28 29) could confound these results, we did a sensitivity analysis adjusting our Cox models (table 4 ⇑) for two known markers of frailty (changes in body weight and changes in systolic blood pressure).28 29 30 These adjustments did not materially change the effect estimates, which remained significant in both groups.

Adults with high blood pressure who took hour - long naps every day saw their systolic blood pressure drop an average of 5 % over the course of the day in a 2015 study, compared to those who didn't rest.

In a 2014 review of previous studies, people who consumed probiotics — healthy bacteria found in yogurt and other fermented foods — saw their systolic blood pressure reduced an average of 3.6 points, and their diastolic reduced 2.4 points, compared to those who didn't.

Imagine what beet juice can do for you if you drink it every day — oh wait, you don't have to imagine it, because studies have already found that this practice can lower systolic blood pressure by an average of 5 points.

There is good evidence that reducing salt intake from 9 - 12 g per day, in large part from eating junk food and prepackaged foods, to less than 7 g per day, does promote a significant fall in systolic blood pressure (2).

One study showed that DHA supplementation lowered systolic blood pressure, while EPA did not.

According to a study published in Hypertension, 50 patients with resistant hypertension (defined as high blood pressure that doesn't respond to taking three or more types of medication designed to lower blood pressure) who walked on a treadmill at a 3 percent grade three times a week for eight weeks were able to lower their systolic blood pressure (the number on the top of a blood - pressure reading) by 6 mm Hg (a measure of pressure).

Using antihypertensives to lower systolic blood pressure below a 120 mm Hg does nothing to lower a diabetic's risk of heart complications

But the powerful health benefits of red wine don't stop there... Another exciting part of this study is that the red wine drinkers also decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and CRP (C - reactive protein).

Paleolithic nutrition resulted in greater short - term improvements than did the control diets (random - effects model) for waist circumference (mean difference: − 2.38 cm; 95 % CI: − 4.73, − 0.04 cm), triglycerides (− 0.40 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.76, − 0.04 mmol / L), systolic blood pressure (− 3.64 mm Hg; 95 % CI: − 7.36, 0.08 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (− 2.48 mm Hg; 95 % CI: − 4.98, 0.02 mm Hg), HDL cholesterol (0.12 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.03, 0.28 mmol / L), and fasting blood sugar (− 0.16 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.44, 0.11 mmol / L).

The combination diet reduced mean 24 - hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure by 4.5 mm Hg more than the control diet did and diastolic blood pressure by 2.7 mm Hg more (P < 0.001 for each).

The combination diet reduced systolic blood pressure by 5.5 mm Hg more and diastolic blood pressure by 3.0 mm Hg more than the control diet did (P < 0.001 for each).

According to research done on hypertension this can lower your systolic blood pressure by up to 4 mm Hg.

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.

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