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Automated office blood pressure monitoring during 30 minutes is associated with a reduction in mean diastolic blood pressure

Office BP Monitoring During 30 Minutes Cuts Overtreatment

OBP30 is associated with lower blood pressure readings than office BP in all patient groups
Delayed recovery orthostatic hypotension and sustained orthostatic hypotension are associated with increased risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults

Impaired Orthostatic BP Recovery Linked to Falls in Older Adults

Delayed recovery OH and sustained OH linked to incident falls, unexplained falls, injurious falls
Middle-aged adults with orthostatic hypotension may be at increased risk for dementia in later years

Orthostatic Hypotension Linked to Later Dementia Risk

Middle-aged adults found 40 percent more likely to develop dementia over time
Americans with hypertension are getting more sodium in their diet than they did in 1999

ACC: Sodium Intake Rising Among Patients With HTN

Average sodium intake more than double recommended daily limit for these patients
Almost 10 percent of obese people have no cardiometabolic risk factors

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Not Always Seen With Obesity

Among overweight, 18.6 percent had no risk factors; among obese, 9.6 percent had no risk factors
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Vildagliptin, Metformin Have Different Effects on BP in T2DM

Vildagliptin lowers BP, elevates HR, while metformin increases HR with no impact on BP
Only 20 percent of patients with resistant hypertension take all the medicine they're prescribed

Few Patients With Resistant High BP Take Rx As Prescribed

Failure to follow doctors' orders leads to unnecessary and costly treatment, researchers say
Higher dietary potassium seems to be associated with reduced blood pressure

Higher Dietary Potassium to Sodium Ratio Can Lower CVD Risk

Research supports public health efforts for increasing consumption of natural potassium rich foods
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Glucagon Receptor Antagonist Ups Blood Pressure in T2DM

LY2409021 linked to drop in HbA1c, increases in SBP, DBP, mean arterial pressure
Gut dysbiosis seems to affect systolic blood pressure in a rat model

Rat Study Shows Gut Dysbiosis Impacts Systolic Blood Pressure

SBP up in WKY rats gavaged with spontaneously hypertensive stroke prone rat microbiota