Sentences with phrase «systolic blood pressure at»

Compared to non-binge drinkers, systolic blood pressure at age 24 was 2.6 points higher among those who continued to binge drink on a monthly basis, and 4 points higher among those who had a binge - drinking episode every week, the study found.

Among patients with hypertension at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a program that consisted of patients measuring their blood pressure and adjusting their antihypertensive medication accordingly resulted in lower systolic blood pressure at 12 months compared to patients who received usual care, according to a study in the August 27 issue of JAMA.

Not exact matches

Cooper believes the treatment goal for systolic blood pressure should be reset to at least 130.

«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.

Systolic blood pressure, the higher number, is the force during a heartbeat, and diastolic refers to when the heart is at rest.

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).

Now researchers at the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Israel have developed a method to more accurately measure systolic blood pressure.

(1) Resistant hypertension (rHTN) is defined as office blood pressure greater than 160/90 mmHg, systolic ambulatory blood pressure greater than 135 mmHg and failure to respond to more than 3 appropriate drugs at the highest tolerated doses including diuretics.

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.

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.

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.

Participants had a systolic blood pressure reading of more than 140 mmHg, placing them at high risk of heart attack and stroke.

Men who met only with their barber saw their systolic blood pressure drop from 155 mmHg at the start of the study to 145 mmHg after six months.

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.

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.

Trial participants were men and women 35 to 65 years of age who had an average systolic blood pressure of 130 - 159 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure of 80 - 99 mmHg based on an average of 9 readings (3 observations at each of 3 screening visits).

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).

At the end of the 16 weeks all of the rats had increased systolic blood pressure except for the group that had the virgin coconut oil, it had a cardio protective effect.

The top number, systolic blood pressure, is the measurement of pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (or is at work).

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Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate were measured in both participants at baseline and throughout the conversation.