Bottom Line: Reducing sugar intake significantly improved diastolic blood pressure, but
not systolic blood pressure.
Not exact matches
«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.
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.
At 67, I may merit a pass for my
blood pressure since it usually trends upward with age, yet hunter - gathers my age aren't ever hypertensive (
systolic 140 or greater).
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 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.
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.
Still, the kids»
blood pressure changes were
not huge: The overweight children who ate the most sodium — an average of about 4.6 grams per day — had an average
systolic blood pressure (the top number in the
blood pressure ratio) of 112.8 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), whereas those who consumed the least — an average of 2.3 grams of sodium — had an average
systolic pressure of 109 mmHg.
MP increased heart rate (F = 98, P = 0.0001) and
systolic (F = 153, P = 0.0001) and diastolic (F = 65, P = 0.0001)
blood pressure in both groups, and MP's effects differed between groups for heart rate (interaction effect; F = 4.6, P = 0.04) and diastolic
blood pressure (interaction effect: F = 4.0, P = 0.05), but
not for
systolic blood pressure (Fig. 1B).
They focused on four outcome measures: each patient's latest
systolic and diastolic
blood pressure levels, whether their
blood pressure was under control, and dose escalation for patients whose
pressures were
not adequately controlled.
Apolipoprotein L1 gene variants associate with prevalent kidney but
not prevalent cardiovascular disease in the
Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.
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.
If you have been keeping abreast of the news lately, you might have come across a news story that highlighted a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), which found that salt consumption wasn't associated with an increase in
systolic blood pressure in either men or women, after controlling for factors like age (1).
In one study performed on hypertensive rats, rats given an acetic acid solution in addition to a standard diet for 6 weeks showed a 15 - 25 % reduction in
systolic blood pressure as compared to rats
not given the acetic acid solution.
One study showed that DHA supplementation lowered
systolic blood pressure, while EPA did
not.
Tyrosine reduced
systolic blood pressure by 2.4 mm Hg, but
not diastolic.
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).
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).
We found that higher intakes of amino acids from vegetable sources, but
not animal sources, were associated with lower
systolic blood pressure, MAP, and AI.
According to one meta - analysis cited in the review, higher sugar intake significantly increased
systolic blood pressure (6.9 mm Hg, or 7.6 mm Hg when industry - financed studies were excluded) and diastolic
blood pressure (5.6 mm Hg, or 6.1 mm Hg when industry studies weren't considered) when compared to diets with lower sugar consumption.
Veterinarians rely on only your pet's
systolic blood pressure (the higher number)-- machines in common use today in pets can
not accurately determine the lower number.
Systolic blood pressure was
not affected by (over) weight, age, and gender.
[25] Wind turbine noise ``... annoyance was found to be statistically related to several self - reporting health effects including, but
not limited to,
blood pressure, migraines, tinnitus, dizziness, scores on the PSQI, and perceived stress» as well as related to «measured hair cortisol,
systolic and diastolic
blood pressure.»
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.
Forty - five African American adolescents (ages 15 — 18 years) with high normal
systolic blood pressure were randomly assigned to either Transcendental Meditation (
n = 25) or health education control (
n = 20) groups.