Multiple lifestyle interventions reverses hypertension

Figures & data

Table 1. Baseline description of subjects with hypertension who attended NEWSTART Lifestyle Center

Variable	All	Men	Women
Subjects (N and %)	114 (100)	42 (37)	72 (63)
Age, years	66.5 ± 10.6*	63.0 ± 10.3	68.6 ± 10.2
Height, cm	166.1 ± 9.9	174.5 ± 8.1	161.3 ± 7.4
Weight, Kg	87.77 ± 19.69	96.30 ± 18.33	82.69 ± 18.78
Body mass index	31.9 ± 6.6	31.7 ± 5.6	32.0 ± 7.1
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	139 ± 20	137 ± 19	140 ± 22

* Mean±SD

Table 2. Changes in systolic blood pressure from Baseline values after two weeks of NEWSTART lifestyle intervention

	N	Baseline mmHg	2 Weeks mmHg	Mean Difference mmHg	Change	p*
All hypertensive subjects	114	139±20†	120±26	-19	14%	<0.001
Gender
Men	42	137±19	122±19	-15	11%	0.001
Women	72	140±22	119±30	-21	15%	<0.001
Use of medications for hypertension
Not using	56	142±17	121±25	-21	15%	<0.001
Using	58	136±23	120±28	-16	12%	<0.001
Clinical condition
Non-diabetic	57	138±21	120±28	-18	13%	<0.001
Diabetic	57	140±20	129±25	-11	8%	<0.001
Normocholesterolemic, <6.22 mmol/L, TC‡	71	137±20	120±26	-17	12%	<0.001
Hypertcholesterolemic, ≥6.22 mmol/L, TC	43	143±22	121±27	-22	15%	<0.001
Normal HDL cholesterol, ≥1.04 mmol/L	83	141±21	122±27	-19	13%	<0.001
Low HDL cholestesrol, <1.04 mmo/L	31	134±20	116±23	-18	13%	0.003
Normotriglyceridemic, <1.69 mmol/L	59	138±20	120±25	-18	13%	<0.001
Hypertriglyceridemic, ≥1.69 mmol/L	55	140±21	120±28	-20	14%	<0.001
Normal weight: BMI <25	16	143±18	112±32	-31	22%	0.007
Overweight: BMI ≥25	98	138±21	122±25	-16%	12%	<0.001
* Statistical significance between means.
† Mean±SD
‡ TC= total cholesterol

Figure 1. Systolic blood pressure change in mm Hg From day 1 to 14.

Figure 2. Diastolic blood pressure change in mm Hg From day 1 to 14.