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The blood pressure reduction associated with weight loss is linearly proportional to the amount of weight lost, regardless of sex, although men in this study lost more weight than women.
Your blood pressure will drop as you lose weight, no matter your gender. If you lose 1 kg, your diastolic BP drops by about 0.33 mm Hg and systolic by 0.43 mm Hg. Men may lose weight faster initially, but the benefit per kg lost is the same for women.
GoodQualifiesHIGH confidence
Blood pressure reductions were greater for those who lost larger amounts of weight. Sex-related differences in blood pressure response were largely due to the smaller amount of weight lost by women, and sex differences in weight loss could be accounted for by differences in baseline body weight.
Why this rating
Strong statistical evidence from regression analysis showing linear trends.
Source
Weight Loss Intervention in Phase 1 of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention
Victor J. Stevens · Archives of Internal Medicine · 1993
DOI 10.1001/archinte.1993.00410070039006
rct · n=564Cited 226×
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