Lifestyle changes may be more important than drugs for mild hypertension

Rob Cook; Tara Lamont; Rosie Martin; NIHR Dissemination Centre

doi:10.1136/bmj.l571

Lifestyle changes may be more important than drugs for mild hypertension

BMJ. 2019 Feb 15:364:l571. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l571.

Authors

Rob Cook¹, Tara Lamont², Rosie Martin³; NIHR Dissemination Centre

Affiliations

¹ Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit healthcare, London, UK rob.cook@bazian.com.
² Wessex Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
³ Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit healthcare, London, UK.

PMID: 30770340
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l571

Abstract

The studySheppard JP, Stevens S, Stevens R, Martin U, Mant J, Hobbs R, McManus R. Benefits and harms of antihypertensive treatment in low-risk patients with mild hypertension.Published on 1 December 2018 JAMA Intern Med 2018;178:1626-34.This project was funded by a grant from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR-RP-R2-12-O15) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Strategic Skills Postdoctoral Fellowship.To read the full NIHR Signal, go to: https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000713/lifestyle-changes-for-mild-hypertension-rather-than-drugs.

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MeSH terms

Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
Deprescriptions
Disease Management
Follow-Up Studies
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Hypertension / prevention & control*
Patient Education as Topic
Retrospective Studies
Risk Reduction Behavior*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents