Sentences with phrase «with systolic»

Body condition score is signi?cantly correlated with systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial blood pressure This study was conducted in collaboration with the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Spain, and examined the association between weight status and hypertension in otherwise healthy dogs.

So when you get about 160 with the systolic, that can kind of be what I call the danger zone.

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).

White matter disease in midlife is heritable, related to hypertension, and shares some genetic influence with systolic blood pressure

«Our results demonstrate that aortic arch pulse wave velocity is a highly significant independent predictor of subsequent white matter hyperintensity volume and provides a distinct contribution — along with systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, congestive heart failure and age — in predicting risk for cerebrovascular disease,» Dr. King said.

Though the early readmission rate in the 30 days after discharge was initially lower in patients with diastolic heart failure, this soon increased such that it was similar to those with systolic heart failure.

Diastolic heart failure patients have not been as well studied as patients with systolic heart failure.

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.

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.

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).

Not exact matches

The data showed that the blueberry powder was associated with significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Today, there is available medical evidence that shows how a pillow for pregnant stomach sleepers can help improve breathing, and also reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and help with respiration, as well as other health benefits.

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.

That is, we found some evidence that small studies (i.e., those with higher standard errors, located to the right of the figure), compared with larger studies, reported larger mean differences in systolic blood pressure between infant feeding groups.

In a sensitivity analysis, inclusion in the meta - analysis of the assumed zero estimates from the five studies (table 1) with no published mean differences attenuated the overall summary estimate for systolic blood pressure (mean difference: — 1.0 mmHg, 95 percent CI: — 1.6; — 0.4; p = 0.002), but there was still strong evidence of an inverse association.

«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.

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.

A total of 159 patients (average age 77 years) with isolated systolic hypertension participated in the randomized clinical trial.

The most dramatic effects were a nearly 2 mmHg rise in diastolic (the low number) blood pressure when the odor was rated an 8 compared with no odor, and a nearly 3 mmHg rise in systolic (the high number) blood pressure when hydrogen sulfide concentrations reached 10 parts per billion compared with no detectable level, the researchers reported last week in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Another example is how blood pressure is measured with two numbers, systolic and diastolic.

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 ICD Registry identifies an opportunity for the use of medical therapy for patients with prior myocardial infarction or left ventricular systolic dysfunction; nearly 25 percent of ICD patients did not receive optimal medical therapy with ACE inhibitors and / or beta blockers at discharge.

Reduced rates of hematoma enlargement were associated with reversal of INR levels < 1.3 within 4 hours after admission (43/217 [19.8 percent]-RRB- vs INR of ≥ 1.3 (264/636 [41.5 percent]-RRB- and systolic BP < 160 mm Hg at 4 hours (167/504 [33.1 percent]-RRB- vs ≥ 160 mm Hg (98/187 [52.4 percent]-RRB-.

• 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.

The differences in blood pressure were small, with heavy coffee drinkers having a slightly lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) and higher diastolic blood pressure (DBP) compared to non-drinkers when adjusted for age.

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.»

An increase of an additional 7g (1.2 teaspoons) of salt above the average intake was associated with an increase in systolic blood pressure of 3.7 mmHg.

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.

Results were similar for change in 24 - hour systolic blood pressure, with a non-significant difference between the two arms of -1.96 mmHg.

The study involved 1137 patients with significant pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery systolic pressure > 60 mmHg), including 361 with a normal BMI (group A), 639 with obesity (Group B), and 137 with morbid obesity (Group C).

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.

Results show that there was a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressures among sleep apnea patients who were compliant with CPAP therapy for three months.

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.

«Doctors should continue to support healthy choices with regard to diet and physical activity regardless of whether a patient's systolic blood pressure is above or below 130 mmHg,» said Bond University co-author, Professor Jenny Doust.

The findings showed that genetic predisposition to abdominal adiposity is associated with significant increases in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, along with increases in blood lipids, blood glucose and systolic blood pressure.

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.

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.

Conversely, rare variants that inactivate the NOS3 or GUCY1A3 genes were associated with a 23 mm Hg higher systolic blood pressure (CI 12, 34 mm Hg; p = 5.6 * 10 -LRB--5)-RRB- and a three-fold higher risk of coronary heart disease (OR 3.03 CI 1.29, 7.12, p = 0.01).

In fact, an extra hour of sleep each night was associated with a 33 % lower chance of coronary artery calcification, a reduction in heart risk that's on par with having about a 16 - point drop in systolic blood pressure, according to a study published in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

People with 140 systolic or more have full - fledged high blood pressure.

-- 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 %).

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.

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 %.

The third section of the blood pressure chart gives lifestyle change recommendations to manage high blood pressure with approximate systolic blood pressure reduction.

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.

It was determined that the risk of cardiovascular disease was increased by 56 % in women compared to 32 % in men with a 15 mm Hg systolic blood pressure increase.

By reducing systolic pressure by 15 mm Hg in women with hypertension, there would be an increase in quality of life by way of cardiovascular disease prevention in approximately 40 % in women in comparison to 20 % in men.

Another 2011 study confirmed this observation; not only was lower sodium excretion associated with higher CVD mortality, but baseline sodium excretion did not predict the incidence of hypertension, and any associations between systolic pressure and sodium excretion did not translate into less morbidity or improved survival.