Trial reportThe Canadian journal of cardiology2008
Changes in lifestyle after hypertension diagnosis in Canada.
Trial report in The Canadian journal of cardiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions targeting lifestyle factors in patients with hypertension.Journal of human hypertension · 2025Pooled it
- Key Factors Associated with Adherence to Physical Exercise in Patients with Chronic Diseases and Older Adults: An Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: the scientific summary--an annual update.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2009Guideline
- Frailty Index Progression Around Hypertension Diagnosis in 14 Countries.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Article
- Tobacco and alcohol use following first vs. consecutive cardiovascular events: a prospective longitudinal study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Dietary Responses to Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Diagnoses-A Scoping Review.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
- The role of healthy lifestyle categories and score trend in managing hypertension among hypertensive adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association of healthy lifestyle index and antihypertensive medication use with blood pressure control among employees with hypertension in China based on a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2025Article
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- Doctors' recommendations and healthy lifestyle behaviors among individuals with hypertension in Brazil.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Effect of Mobile Health Interventions on Lifestyle and Anthropometric Characteristics of Uncontrolled Hypertensive Participants: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Lifestyle Behaviors According to the Duration of Hypertension: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016-2018.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022Article
- State-of-the-Art Review: Evidence on Red Meat Consumption and Hypertension Outcomes.American journal of hypertension · 2022Review
- Risk of Hypertension and Use of Antihypertensive Drugs in the Physically Active Population under-70 Years Old-Spanish Health Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Ups and downs of hypertension control in Canada: critical factors and lessons learned.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022Article
- Health behaviors in major chronic diseases patients: trends and regional variations analysis, 2008-2017, Korea.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Lifestyle Changes in Relation to Initiation of Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Medication: A Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020 · on this mapObservational
- The patterns of lifestyle, metabolic status, and obesity among hypertensive Korean patients: a latent class analysis.Epidemiology and health · 2020Article
- Is a Hypertension Diagnosis Associated With Improved Dietary Outcomes Within 2 to 4 Years? A Fixed-Effects Analysis From the China Health and Nutrition Survey.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
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Abstract
Lifestyle modification should be an important part of therapy when hypertension is first diagnosed, with or without starting antihypertensive medication. The objective of the present study was to determine the extent to which recently diagnosed hypertensive Canadians modify their lifestyles and to examine how lifestyle modification relates to antihypertensive medication use. The longitudinal National Population Health Survey in Canada was conducted between 1994 and 2002, including five interview cycles at two-year intervals. During this time, 1281 persons reported hypertension in one cycle but not in the previous cycle, and were considered to be new hypertensive patients. Information collected included body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and medication use. The main lifestyle modification associated with newly diagnosed hypertensive patients was smoking cessation, with a 18.6% relative risk reduction (RRR). A smaller change was seen in decreasing physical inactivity (RRR 6.2%). Persons not taking antihypertensive medication were not more likely to make lifestyle improvements. Paradoxically, new hypertensive patients showed increased numbers in the obese category (RRR -9.6%). Weight gain was especially marked among antihypertensive medication users and largest in female beta-blocker users (RRR -36.6%). If confirmed, this needs to be considered when prescribing to overweight people. In general, a greater effort is required to manage hypertension by lifestyle risk modification with or without antihypertensive medication.
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