Robust statistically significant effects were found for improved diet , aerobic exercise , alcohol and sodium restriction , and fish oil supplements : mean reductions in systolic blood pressure of 5.0 mmHg [ 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) : 3.1 - 7.0 ] , 4.6 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 2.0 - 7.1 ) , 3.8 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 1.4 - 6.1 ) , 3.6 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 2.5 - 4.6 ) and 2.3 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 0.2 - 4.3 ) , respectively , with corresponding reductions in diastolic blood pressure .
Relaxation significantly reduced blood pressure only when compared with non-intervention controls .
We found no robust evidence of any important effect on blood pressure of potassium , magnesium or calcium supplements .
Available evidence does not support relaxation therapies , calcium , magnesium or potassium supplements to reduce blood pressure
PURPOSE To quantify effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for hypertension .
Physical training of middle-aged men with borderline hypertension.
The aim of the study was to clarify the feasibility of physical training for middle-aged borderline-hypertensive males . Blood pressure of 59 subjects was followed for nine months , whereafter 25 persons were classified as borderline-hypertensive and 34 persons as normotensive . Both groups were r and omly allocated into training and control groups . Training lasted for four months , of which the first two included supervised bicycle ergometer exercise . During the last two months training was unsupervised . After training estimated maximal oxygen consumption increased significantly both in borderline-hypertensive and normotensive men . After training resting diastolic blood pressure decreased significantly both in training and control groups . This finding supports the importance of sufficiently long follow-up of blood pressure before eventual drug therapy when blood pressure is mildly elevated . Diastolic blood pressure during 50-minute ergometer exercise was decreased after four months of training in borderline-hypertensives and did not any longer differ from that of normotensives . Individually prescribed physical training is worth regarding as one treatment modality for middle-aged borderline-hypertensive patients
Robust statistically significant effects were found for improved diet , aerobic exercise , alcohol and sodium restriction , and fish oil supplements : mean reductions in systolic blood pressure of 5.0 mmHg [ 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) : 3.1 - 7.0 ] , 4.6 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 2.0 - 7.1 ) , 3.8 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 1.4 - 6.1 ) , 3.6 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 2.5 - 4.6 ) and 2.3 mmHg ( 95 % CI : 0.2 - 4.3 ) , respectively , with corresponding reductions in diastolic blood pressure .
Relaxation significantly reduced blood pressure only when compared with non-intervention controls .
We found no robust evidence of any important effect on blood pressure of potassium , magnesium or calcium supplements .
Available evidence does not support relaxation therapies , calcium , magnesium or potassium supplements to reduce blood pressure
PURPOSE To quantify effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for hypertension .