Effect of weight loss on blood pressure and drug consumption in normal weight patients.
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 8 (3), 223-228
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.8.3.223
Abstract
The effect of weight loss on blood pressure and on antihypertensive drug consumption was examined in 81 nonobese subjects with essential hypertension who had been chronically treated with antihypertensive drugs. A hypocaloric diet was prescribed for 5 months. A weight loss greater than 2 kg in 5 months was considered significant. Quality and quantity of antihypertensive medications were scored according to a formula. In the subjects whose medication and weight did not change, mean arterial pressure remained unchanged, whereas it decreased significantly (-7.1 +/- 1.9 mm Hg) in those who showed significant weight loss (-3.28 +/- 0.34 kg) with no change in medication. Among the subjects whose antihypertensive medication remained constant during the diet program there was a significant correlation between the change in weight and mean arterial pressure (r = 0.45, p less than 0.01). Mean arterial pressure increased significantly (+5.1 +/- 1.7 mm Hg) in subjects whose weight remained unchanged with a decrease i...This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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