Inferred systolic blood pressure levels to switch from lifestyle modifications to antihypertensive medications: a success-rate oriented simulation.

CONCLUSION: This success rate-oriented simulation proposes that the SBP level to switch from lifestyle modifications to antihypertensive medications can be modulated according to the behavioral propensity for taking antihypertensive medications. ABBREVIATIONS: The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript: CVD: cardiovascular disease; LM: lifestyle modifications; AM: antihypertensive medications; IRCVD: incidence rate of cardiovascular disease (events/year); SBP: systolic blood pressure; ∆IRCVD: the improvements in the incidence rate of cardiovascular disease by lifestyle modifications and/or by antihypertensive medications. PMID: 30466333 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Clin Exp Hypertens Source Type: research