You can also use automatic devices to measure your blood pressure at home. Stage 1 hypertension is classified as a systolic blood pressure reading that falls between 130 and 139 mm Hg or a ...

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The authors hypothesized that the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and reduced sodium intake would control stage 1 hypertension and reduce high-normal blood pressure (BP ...

For example, elevated blood pressure and hypertension stage 1 may require some lifestyle changes. If you have hypertension stage 2, on the other hand, you may need medication alongside lifestyle ...

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This study was designed to assess the relative efficacy of the ACE inhibitor enalapril and the ARB candesartan cilexetil on resting BP in African-American patients with hypertension, and to ...

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