title: [The effect of a low caloric diet on blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy in overweight hypertensive patients].
abstract: Low-caloric diet is one of the non-pharmacological methods of treatment of hypertension. The study was performed to assess the efficacy of such a regimen in overweight patients with hypertension. 30 patients (17 female, 13 male mean age 46 +/- 7.23) were studied. They were divided into two groups each consisting of 15 patients. The first group was treated with a low-caloric diet (1000-1100 kcal per day), the second with propranolol 120 mg daily. At the beginning and at the end of the treatment clinical and echocardiographic investigations were performed. In the patients treated by a low-caloric diet blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy significantly decreased. Propranolol treatment lowered blood pressure but did not reduce left ventricular hypertrophy.
authors: Kliniki Nadciśnienia Tetniczego Instytutu Kardiologii AM w Poznaniu.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Skołuda
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Poprawski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy*
vernacular_title: Wpływ leczenia dieta niskokaloryczna chorych z łagodnym i umiarkowanym nadciśnieniem tetniczym oraz nadwaga na zmiany ciśnienia tetniczego krwi i mase lewej komory serca.