For example, water drinking increases
systolic blood pressure more than 30 mm Hg in patients with severe autonomic failure.
Not exact matches
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 sub
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 sub
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.
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Systolic blood pressure levels above 140 mmHg were linked with higher risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and death in patients with CKD of all ages, but the magnitude of these associations diminished with
more advanced age.
While surrogate measures may be appropriate in some cases, as
more surrogates are being used in a wider variety of conditions, fewer are subject to the kind of rigorous validation of past FDA - authorized surrogates such as cholesterol levels or
systolic blood pressure, speakers cautioned.
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.
«Our findings show that
more than one in four young adults who binge drink meet the criterion for pre-hypertension (i.e., a
systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 millimetres of mercury).
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.
Participants had a
systolic blood pressure reading of
more than 140 mmHg, placing them at high risk of heart attack and stroke.
As
more and
more strands of collagen become crosslinked together over time, the
blood vessels to become ever
more rigid, leading to a gradual rise in
systolic blood pressure with age.
People with 140
systolic or
more have full - fledged high
blood pressure.
If an individual's average
systolic blood pressure increased 5 % or
more from the low - sodium diet to the high - sodium diet, the researchers referred to as them as high salt - sensitive.
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.
After eight weeks, 34 of the people who practiced the relaxation response — a little
more than half — had achieved a
systolic blood pressure reduction of
more than 5 mm Hg, and were therefore eligible for the next phase of the study, in which they could reduce levels of
blood pressure medication they were taking.
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).
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).
Additionally, it's been shown to lower overall
blood pressure38 - and
more specifically,
systolic blood pressure39 (that's the first number when you get your
blood pressure taken - the one that measures the
pressure when your heart pumps).
Compared with the participants who consumed less than 10 % of calories from added sugar (same as in Q1), those who consumed above the thresholds of 10 % or 25 % of calories from added sugar were younger;
more likely to be non-Hispanic black; less likely to be currently smoking; had lower levels of physical activity, total serum cholesterol,
systolic blood pressure, HEI, American Heart Association healthy diet score, 44 and antihypertensive medication use; and had higher intake of sugar - sweetened beverages and prevalence of family history of CVD (Supplement [eTable 2]-RRB-.
They found that people with the greatest variation in
systolic blood pressure (the higher of the 120/80 readings) over seven visits to their doctor were six times
more likely to have a major stroke.