TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonpharmacologic treatment of hypertension.
AU - Kaplan, Norman M
PY - 1992/10
Y1 - 1992/10
N2 - A variety of lifestyle modifications will lower both the blood pressure and various other cardiovascular risk factors that are frequently present in patients with hypertension. Numerous recent studies document the overall efficacy of some (weight reduction, sodium restriction, physical activity, moderation of alcohol) and the relative lack of effect of others (stress management and calcium, magnesium, and fish oil supplements). In particular, the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase I (a control trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) provides important new data on the ability of these various modalities to prevent the development of hypertension, an equally or even more important goal than the reduction of already-established disease.
AB - A variety of lifestyle modifications will lower both the blood pressure and various other cardiovascular risk factors that are frequently present in patients with hypertension. Numerous recent studies document the overall efficacy of some (weight reduction, sodium restriction, physical activity, moderation of alcohol) and the relative lack of effect of others (stress management and calcium, magnesium, and fish oil supplements). In particular, the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase I (a control trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) provides important new data on the ability of these various modalities to prevent the development of hypertension, an equally or even more important goal than the reduction of already-established disease.
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U2 - 10.1097/00041552-199210000-00013
DO - 10.1097/00041552-199210000-00013
M3 - Review article
C2 - 1365835
AN - SCOPUS:0026942315
SN - 1062-4821
VL - 1
SP - 85
EP - 90
JO - Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
JF - Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
IS - 1
ER -