Search resultsPrevention of hypertension
Title
Prevention of hypertension
Publication type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2002
Authors
Journal
Current Opinion in Cardiology
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pagination
531 - 536
Date published
2002
ISBN
02684705 (ISSN)
Keywords
age, aging, alcohol consumption, Alcohol Drinking, blood pressure regulation, body mass, calcium intake, cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, coffee, diet, diet supplementation, dietary fiber, environmental factor, ethnic difference, Exercise, fish oil, heart failure, heredity, high sodium intake, Humans, hypertension, immobilization, ischemic heart disease, isotonic exercise, Kidney Failure, Life Style, magnesium, obesity, outcomes research, physical activity, potassium, potassium restriction, practice guideline, priority journal, race difference, review, risk factor, sex difference, smoking, sodium, Sodium, Dietary, stress, stroke, vegetable protein, weight reduction
Abstract
Hypertension is a major risk factor for many cardiovascular diseases including stroke, coronary heart disease, cardiac failure, and endstage renal disease. Therefore, prevention of hypertension becomes an important goal in overall efforts to control blood pressure and reduce the incidence of hypertension-related cardiovascular and renal complications and outcomes. Many risk factors underlying hypertension have been identified including nonmodifiable factors such as age, gender, genetic factors, and race, as well as modifiable factors including overweight, high sodium intake, low potassium intake, alcohol consumption, and reduced physical activity. A number of studies have demonstrated that interventions aimed at changing these modifiable factors might decrease blood pressure and even prevent the development of hypertension. Thus, present national recommendations and guidelines include lifestyle modifications ranging from weight loss in case of obesity, engagement in regular isotonic physical activity, reduced sodium diet (<100 mmol/d), supplementation of potassium, and alcohol moderation (<1 ounce of ethanol or its equivalent per day).