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A 6-month intensive, multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention significantly reduces 24-hour systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension.
If you have resistant hypertension, standard advice to 'just exercise and eat better' often fails because the condition is complex. This study shows that a structured, supervised program involving diet, exercise, and sleep management can significantly lower blood pressure. Success requires commitment to regular visits and personalized guidance from a healthcare team.
Data in patients with full compliance (n = 30) indicate that lifestyle modifications in resistant hypertension significantly reduced 24 h both systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.01)...
Why this rating
Pilot study with small sample size (n=30 compliant) and cross-sectional design limits generalizability.
Source
Compliance to Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention Decreases Blood Pressure in Patients with Resistant Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
Eugènia Espinel et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2023
DOI 10.3390/jcm12020679
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