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 .
Relaxation therapy for hypertension: setting‐specific effects.
& NA ; We determined the effect of relaxation therapy for hypertension in patients whose blood pressure remained elevated despite the use of antihypertensive medication . The effect was assessed in multiple setting s , including the relaxation therapist 's office , the Hypertension Clinic , and the patient 's natural environment , the latter using 24‐hour automated ambulatory blood pressure measures . Nineteen patients were r and omized  either to temperature biofeedback‐assisted relaxation or to an attention control , “ stress education . ” Antihypertensive medication was kept constant . In the behavioral therapist 's office , blood pressure decreased in equivalent amounts with both treatments . Hypertension Clinic nurse blood pressure remained stable or increased with both treatments , but again there was no difference between treatments . Ambulatory blood pressure increased with relaxation therapy and decreased with stress education , the effect being significant for diastolic pressure . The effects on ambulatory blood pressure were limited to the waking hours . The only variable that showed superior effects for relaxation therapy was physician‐determined blood pressure . These results call into question the generalizability of the effects of relaxation therapy from one setting to another
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 .