Sentences with phrase «of diastolic»

A higher level of diastolic but not systolic BP was reported in children with obstructive sleep apnea compared with primary snorers.21 The Tucson's Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study found that elevations in systolic and diastolic BPs were independently associated with sleep efficiency, respiratory disturbance index (a measure of sleep apnea), and obesity in 230 children 6 to 11 years of age.22 To the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined the association between insufficient sleep and BP in adolescents free of sleep apnea.

A recent study published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, revealed out that adding blueberry smoothie into the daily diet of post-menopausal women suffering from high blood pressure has resulted with a decrease of the systolic blood pressure by 5 %, and a decrease of the diastolic blood pressure by 6 %.

Women with high blood pressure have far more complications than men do because of diastolic dysfunction.

«We are trying to shape the view of diastolic dysfunction to include flow patterns as a mechanism that modulates the chamber's resistance to filling — in addition to the wall's own stiffness,» said del Alamo.

But this is far from proving that good health» for example, the correlations reported in the Handbook between tiny reductions of diastolic blood pressure and religious practice» is a direct result of attending Sunday worship.

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.

It is known to cause increased heart rate and raise the diastolic blood pressure of adults who take it.

The lower number is your diastolic pressure: the pressure of your blood when your heart is resting between beats.

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.

You are considered to have milder form of chronic hypertension if your systolic pressure is up to 179 mm Hg and your diastolic pressure is 109 mm Hg.

However, if your systolic pressure is ≥ 180 mm Hg and diastolic pressure is ≥ 110 mm Hg you are suffering from a severe form of chronic hypertension.

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)

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).

Women who never gave birth were found to be at an increased risk for diastolic heart failure, a type of heart failure where the left side of the heart does not relax as well as it should.

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).

Using estimated exposure to outdoor oxides of nitrogen at the homes of participants over the year preceding MRI, the authors found that increased exposure to nitrogen dioxide was associated with an approximately 1.0 g (5 percent) increase in right ventricular mass and a 4.1 mL (3 %) increase in right ventricular end - diastolic volume.

Although self - reported data are inherently variable, making the diastolic - odor correlation less robust, «I was impressed by the strength of the relationship,» Wing says.

«Using exposure to nitrogen dioxide as a surrogate for exposure to traffic - related air pollution, we were able to demonstrate for the first time that higher levels of exposure were associated with greater right ventricular mass and larger right ventricular end - diastolic volume.

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.

• Diastolic blood pressure levels below 70 mmHg were associated with a higher risk of death, but otherwise they showed no association with cardiovascular outcomes.

«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.

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.

The one - year outcome of in - hospital morbidity and mortality was similar between diastolic and systolic heart failure patients.

Patients with normal percentage of blood leaving the heart each time it contracts and symptoms of heart failure are considered to have diastolic heart failure.

Participants were followed up until the diagnosis of hypertension (systolic > 140 mm Hg or diastolic > 90 mm Hg), retirement from service, or December 31, 2010, whichever came first.

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.

A new study by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found comparable long - term outcomes between congestive heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction commonly known as «diastolic heart failure» and congestive heart failure with reduced ejection fraction also known as «systolic heart failure.»

In addition, the number of people who will develop diastolic heart failure is expected to rise as the population ages and the incidence of obesity and hypertension increases.

Both phases of cardiac function are important: impaired contraction leads to systolic heart failure, while impaired relaxation leads to diastolic heart failure.

When participants entered at least eight of their readings, the reduction was even greater: 13.9 mmHg in systolic and 5.0 mmHg in diastolic.

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.

Specifically, compared with controls, marijuana abusers had significantly attenuated behavioral («self - reports» for high, drug effects, anxiety, and restlessness), cardiovascular (pulse rate and diastolic blood pressure), and brain DA [reduced decreases in distribution volumes (DVs) of [11C] raclopride, although normal reductions in striatal nondisplaceable binding potential (BPND)-RSB- responses to MP.

Diastolic Stiffness of the Failing Diabetic Heart.

Symposia VI: Cardiovascular Benefits of Exercise: Insights from Human Studies The session will cover improving exercise tolerance in heart failure, reversal of impaired cardiac function in obese adolescents, the effect of exercise on left ventricular compliance and diastolic function in the elderly and attenuating premature cardiovascular aging in Type 2 diabetes through exercise.

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.

A study of randomized control trials found that ingesting cocoa epicatechins (about 50 grams of 70 percent cocoa chocolate daily) reduces blood pressure by approximately 4.6 points for systolic and 2.1 points for diastolic.

-- The use of this extract (providing 140 mg of chlorogenic acid per day) in men with high blood pressure leads to a decrease in heart rate (8 %), a decrease in systolic blood pressure (8 %), as well as a decrease in diastolic blood pressure (7 %).

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.

This group saw reductions of 6 to 8 points for systolic blood pressure and 4 points for diastolic blood pressure, compared to another group whose treatment focused on other body parts and who saw no change.

In the study, for every additional sugar - sweetened drink consumed each day individuals on average had substantially higher diastolic blood pressure by 0.8 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) and systolic blood pressure by 1.6 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury).

High blood pressure is defined as a systolic pressure of 130 or above, or a diastolic pressure of 80 or above.

A British analysis of 22 studies, published in February 2012 in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that taking at least 370 mg of magnesium per day reduced systolic blood pressure by 3 - 4 points and diastolic pressure by 2 - 3 points in 1,173 study subjects.

At the end of the study, the black tea — drinking group had an average reduction of 2 to 3 points in their systolic (the top number in a blood pressure reading) level, and about two points in their diastolic (the bottom number) level.

As shown in the blue section of the chart, blood pressure ranges are typically shown with the systolic number before or above the diastolic pressure, e.g. 120/80 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury).

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.

The diastolic pressure is the resting pressure, between heartbeats as the pressure goes down ahead of the next heart pumping action.

«Short - Term Caloric Restriction Induces Accumulation of Myocardial Triglycerides and Decreases Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Healthy Subjects,» Diabetes, 56, 2849 - 2853.

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study conducted at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, researchers discovered that pterostilbene causes significant reductions in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

One eight - month IER trial in obesity - prone rats reported an increase in theproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), with no clear mechanistic explanations.26 Another trial, this time over six months, showed that IER - fed rats displayed marked reductions in diastolic compliance and cardiac reserve due to observed reductions in cardiomyocyte size and increased myocardial fibrosis.23 No human trials to date have reported any adverse effects on cardiovascular health during long - term IER.

Deficiency of CoQ10 causes stiffening of the walls of the heart which results in incomplete filling of the heart, or diastolic dysfunction, and causes increased heart rate and blood pressure, and can lead to heart failure if not corrected.