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Weight loss surgery most effective for long-term blood pressure control

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Bariatric surgery is more effective in controlling hypertension rates, or high blood pressure, in people with obesity and uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to blood pressure medication alone, according to a new study.

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Heart Health Made Simple—No Specialist Required.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

E.g. High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Diagnosed three years ago. List vital measurements—eg Weight, Height, BMI etc. Blood Pressure I think that blood pressure taken in clinical settings is as close to useless as makes no difference. The average of these blood pressures over ten days.

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Biosocial predictors and blood pressure goal attainment among postmenopausal women with hypertension

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Objectives In postmenopausal states, women may not maintain blood pressure (BP) in the same way as men, even though most women follow their treatment plans and prescriptions more consistently than men. Biological and lifestyle factors influence the progression of hypertension in postmenopausal women (PMW). Results Of the patients, 56.4%

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Correlation between weight-adjusted-waist index and hypertension in the US population: based on data from NHANES 2005–2018

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The definition of hypertension was based on self-reported history of hypertension, antihypertensive drug use, and blood pressure measurements. The Pearson correlation test was used to detect the association between WWI and BMI. Participants without complete information on WWI and hypertension were excluded.

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Gastric Bypass Surgery’s Durable Hypertension Impact

CardiacWire

BMI) to receive Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and medical therapy or only receive medical therapy, finding that after five years… Far more gastric bypass patients cut their BP medication use by at least 30% (80.7% The GATEWAY trial assigned 100 participants (76% women, 43.8 of them achieved BPs below 130/80 mm Hg (vs.

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Effects of weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy on left ventricular myocardial work in obese patients

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Clinical information, parameters from left ventricular myocardial work and traditional two - dimensional strain echocardiography were collected and analyzed.ResultsAfter LSG, significant reductions in body mass index (BMI), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and weight were observed.

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Are ambulatory blood pressure parameters associated more with central adiposity than with total adiposity? Results of the ELSA-Brasil study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Studies of the association between obesity and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) are scarce and most use only body mass index (BMI) as indicator of adiposity. Indicators for total adiposity were BMI and body fat (BF) and, for central adiposity, waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHR).