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Blood pressure and urinary protein values from ante -, intra -, and postpartum periods were recorded if the abstractor noted 2 or
more blood pressure readings ≥ 140 mm Hg systolic or ≥ 90 mm Hg
diastolic during the delivery hospitalization, or an ICD - 9 diagnosis indicating pregnancy - induced hypertension, preeclampsia, or HELLP syndrome for that subject.
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.
The findings showed that in comparison to those with systolic heart failure,
diastolic heart failure patients were older,
more likely to be overweight, female and have hypertension.
More than half of the 211,667 participants actively treated for blood pressure had moderately low (SBP of 120 to 129 mm Hg or
diastolic blood pressure [DBP] less than 65 mm Hg) or very low (SBP less than 120 mm Hg or DBP less than 65 mm Hg) blood pressure levels.
Women with high blood pressure have far
more complications than men do because of
diastolic dysfunction.
A study of
more than 22,000 people with coronary artery disease found that cutting
diastolic pressure (the bottom number) to less than 70 doubled the risk of dying from heart attack, stroke, or other causes.
Woman whose
diastolic blood pressure rose 15 points or
more and developed prehypertension were
more likely to have an underweight baby, Wikstrom said.
After the end of the study, people with the new Danish diet observed their systolic and
diastolic blood pressure drop by 5.1 and 3.2 mmHg
more than in the group with the average Danish diet.
What's
more, another review of 43 studies found participants» systolic and
diastolic blood pressures decreased by an average of 3.55 and 1.32 mm Hg, respectively, after they took nitrate supplements (23).
The paleo diet likewise was
more effective than a reference healthy diet for lowering systolic and
diastolic blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors which often accompany autoimmunity (52).
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).
And they were
more weakly associated with improved total cholesterol (0.24 mmol / l lower) and improved
diastolic blood pressure (2.24 mm Hg lower).