Dietary treatment of patients with mild to moderate hypertension in a general practice: a pilot intervention study (1). The first three months.
Thirty-five patients with mild to moderate hypertension were randomised into a three months' dietary advised and a three months' control group. The diet was of a composition currently considered to be appropriate, and was monitored by a dietitian. Statistically significant decreases in diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, sodium excretion, and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol occurred in the intervention group, although differences in change between the intervention and the control group were, except for LDL-cholesterol, not statistically significant. Thus, it did not become clear whether and to what extent change in diet was responsible for the lowering of the blood pressure in the intervention group.
Koopman
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Department of Medicine, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Spreeuwenberg
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Westerman
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Donker
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D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013997:Time Factors
D008078:Cholesterol, LDL