Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: N/A
Brief Summary: To compare the effectiveness of advice versus two multicomponent lifestyle interventions to control blood pressure in participants with Stage 1 hypertension or higher than optimal blood pressure.


Options:
A: Men and women, age 25 and older who were generally healthy except for higher than optimal or mildly elevated blood pressure.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Informed Consent
* Clinical: Unstable coronary disease with documented vessel/myocardial damage

  * Acute Myocardial Infarction
  * Revascularization

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age \< 20 or \> 75 years (or life expectancy lower than 5 years).
* Patients already planned for revascularization.
* Patients submitted to revascularization in the last 6 months
* Grade II-IV Heart failure.
* Left ventricle dysfunction with ejection fraction lower than 35%.
* Patients unable to follow a protocol.
* Patients with severe uncontrol of Diabetes Mellitus, or those with Renal Insufficiency with plasma creatinine higher than 2mg/dl, or cerebral complications of Diabetes mellitus.
* Other chronic diseases:

  * Psychiatric diseases
  * Renal Insufficiency
  * Chronic Hepatopathy
  * Active Malignancy
  * Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  * Diseases of the digestive tract Endocrine disorders
* Patients participating in other Clinical trials (in the enrollment moment or 30 days prior).
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Ethnicity: All ethnic groups
* Body mass index (BMI) 18.5-39.9 kg/m2
* Suboptimally controlled asthma:
* Diagnosis of asthma on the current medical problem list
* Currently prescribed at least 1 medication for the treatment of asthma
* Physiological evidence of asthma with demonstrable reversibility of airway obstruction, or a specialist's confirmation of asthma diagnosis based on chart review
* Documented history of high asthma-related emergency and/or inpatient encounters or reliever medication usage
* Asthma Control Test: total score \<20 or item score \<3 for any of the first 4 questions regarding symptoms (3-6x/week or more), nighttime awakening (1x/week or more), interference with normal activity (at least some of the time), and rescue medication use for symptom relief (2-3x/week or more)
* Kaiser member for ≥1 year
* PCP approval of study screening
* Able and willing to enroll and provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Intermittent asthma, defined as either seasonal asthma or (daytime asthma symptoms \<2x/week and nocturnal symptoms \<2x/month and no use of long-term control medications)
* Primary diagnosis of COPD (emphysema or chronic bronchitis) on the current medical problem list or suggested by baseline spirometry and smoking history
* Previous diabetes (other than during pregnancy) or diabetes diagnosed as a result of fasting blood glucose or hemoglobin A1c levels obtained at screening
* Previous cardiovascular disease: e.g., coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, heart failure, or aortic aneurysm
* Diagnosis of cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) that is/was active or treated with radiation or chemotherapy within the past 2 years
* Inflammatory bowel disease, colostomy, malabsorption, or major gastrointestinal resection
* Diagnosis of bipolar or psychotic disorder or hospitalization for psychological or emotional problems within the last 2 years
* Diagnosis of a terminal illness and/or in hospice care
* Fasting LDL cholesterol \>190 mg/dL, triglycerides \>500 mg/dl, fasting blood glucose \>125 mg/dl
* Significant liver enzyme abnormality as indicated by AST or ALT more than 2 times the upper limit of normal or a clinical diagnosis of hepatitis
* Renal insufficiency (GFR\<60 ml/min)
* Current use of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents
* Use of oral corticosteroids \>5 days/month on average
* Current use of medications for treatment of psychosis or manic-depressive illness
* Current use of prescription or non-prescription weight-loss products or any dietary/herbal supplements and unwillingness to discontinue;
* Inability to speak, read, or understand English at the 6th-grade level or above
* Inability to perform pulmonary function tests by spirometry in a consistent manner
* DASH concordance index \>60%
* Unwillingness to modify current diet
* Current or planned participation in a structured program that overtly focuses on diet and nutrition
* Planning to undergo bariatric surgery during the study period
* Actively attempting to lose weight, or weight change \>15 lbs during prior 3 months
* Consumption of \>21 alcoholic drinks per week, or \>=6 drinks on one occasion twice or more per week, or alcoholism as determined by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
* Pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the study period
* No longer a Kaiser patient or planning to transfer care out of Kaiser or to move out of the area during the study period
* Family/household member of another study participant or of a study staff member
* Enrolled or planning to enroll in another research study that would limit full participation in the study or confound the interpretation of the study's findings
* Investigator discretion for safety or protocol adherence reasons
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Men or women age 30-65,
* BMI in the range 28-35 kg/m2 for women and 28-40kg/m2 for men.
* At least one of the following components of the metabolic syndrome; fasting triglycerides \> 1,7, fasting glucose 6,0-6,9, HDL-cholesterol \<1,03 (males) or \<1,29 (females), Blood pressure \>130/85 (with or without treatment), diet-treated diabetes mellitus or drug treated hypertension.
* Stable weight range of 4 kg or less the last 12 weeks,
* No major change in physical activity the last 12 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any symptomatic cardiovascular disease
* Diabetes requiring drug treatment
* Currently on special diet
* Hepatic/renal dysfunction
* Hypothyroidism (unstable)
* GI disorder impairing compliance with diet recommendation,
* History of unstable psychiatric or medical disorder,
* Need of lipid lowering drug,
* Alcohol or drug abuse,
* Participation in drug trial the last 30 days,
* Use of drugs for weight reduction last 12 weeks, pregnancy or planned pregnancy,
* Obesity of known endocrine origin, history of obesity surgery,
* Uncontrolled hypertension (\>160/100),
* Previous participation in \>3 weight reduction programs, or within last 12 months,
* Not willing to be randomized,
* Individual judged to be unable to follow instructions and procedures of the study

Answer: A