Primary prevention of hypertension by nutritional-hygienic means: final report of a randomized, controlled trial
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The effect of long-term drug use on patients with mild hypertension is of some concern. In addition to drug therapy, high blood pressure can be lowered by changes in lifestyle, weight reduction, low sodium intake, reduced alcohol consumption and exercise. To determine the effects these nutritional and hygienic changes have on the prevention of hypertension, 201 men and women with high normal baseline blood pressure were evaluated without recourse to pressure-reducing drugs. Only 8.8 percent of the 102 patients treated by nutritional-hygienic intervention developed hypertension, compared with 19.2 percent of the 99 patients not treated. Mean blood pressures were lowered, weight was reduced by an average 2.7 kg. (over six pounds), salt intake was reduced by 25 percent and alcohol consumption was reduced by 30 percent. This long-term trial demonstrates that patients at risk for hypertension can lower that risk by implementing nutritional-hygienic practices.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1989
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Major risk factors as antecedents of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease events
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Most people who develop coronary artery disease have at least one risk factor, according to researchers who analyzed data from three studies that followed 386,915 people for up to 30 years. Over 87% of those who eventually developed coronary artery disease had at least one risk factor, including diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol levels.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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Relations of body mass index in young adulthood and middle age to Medicare expenditure in older age
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The study aims to examine relationships of body mass index (BMI) in young adulthood and middle age to subsequent health care expenditures at ages 65 years and older. It concluded that overweight/obesity in young adulthood and middle age has long-term adverse consequences for health care costs in older age.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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