SPRINT: It’s All About the Pressure (Roizon Article)

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SPRINT: It’s All About the Pressure (Roizon Article)

The SPRINT trial has some impressive numbers. It shows that if you intensively lower your blood pressure to 120/80 or below, you substantially reduce your risk for dementia, heart attack and stroke, heart failure, and a roster of cardiovascular disorders, when compared to aiming for a systolic (top) number of 140 or less.

But (there’s always a but) you have to stay on an intensive regimen and keep your numbers low to maintain those benefits. 

Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine examined the long-term results of the SPRINT trial’s intensive blood pressure reduction. They concluded that while the intensive blood pressure control group saw measurable health benefits during the multiyear study, once it ended and folks went back to their everyday habits — voila — the benefits faded. The participants who formerly practiced intensive blood pressure management ended up with a systolic pressure with mean reading of 140 — just like the study’s control group.

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