Why the study?
Does a 3-month lifestyle intervention improve blood pressure control in obese hypertensive patients on antihypertensive drugs?
Population
490 obese hypertensive patients on antihypertensive drugs, including 389 with controlled BP and 101 with…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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Lifestyle intervention may aid BP control in obese hypertensives; leaves open causality and durability pending RCTs.
Does a 3-month lifestyle intervention improve blood pressure control in obese hypertensive patients on antihypertensive drugs?
A 3-month lifestyle intervention leading to modest weight loss is highly effective in normalizing blood pressure in obese hypertensive patients, reducing the need for aggressive pharmacological therapy.
Gilardini et al. (2016) studied this question.
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