Husbands in the intervention group had significantly lower post treatment 24 -
hour systolic blood pressure than the control group.
Husbands in the intervention group had significantly lower post treatment 24 -
hour systolic blood pressure than the control group.
Results were similar for change in 24 -
hour systolic blood pressure, with a non-significant difference between the two arms of -1.96 mmHg.
Not exact matches
High
blood pressure or hypertension in pregnancy is diagnosed if the
systolic pressure is ≥ 140 mm Hg and the diastolic
blood pressure is ≥ 90 mm Hg on two separate
blood pressure measurements taken 4
hours apart.
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.
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 fact, an extra
hour of sleep each night was associated with a 33 % lower chance of coronary artery calcification, a reduction in heart risk that's on par with having about a 16 - point drop in
systolic blood pressure, according to a study published in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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.
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).