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Multicomponent lifestyle interventions (dietary changes, weight loss, and increased physical activity) significantly reduce estimated 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in adults with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension.
If you have high-normal blood pressure, making specific changes to your diet (like the DASH diet), increasing physical activity, and losing weight can significantly lower your estimated risk of heart disease over the next 10 years. You don't need to do everything perfectly; even partial adherence to these lifestyle changes can lead to substantial health benefits.
In individuals with prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension, 2 multicomponent behavioral interventions, EST+DASH and EST, significantly reduced the estimated 10-year CHD risk by 12% and 14%, respectively, compared with advice only.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with a large sample size (n=810) and statistically significant results, though it uses estimated risk rather than hard clinical outcomes.
Source
Lifestyle Interventions Reduce Coronary Heart Disease Risk
Nisa M. Maruthur et al. · Circulation · 2009
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