Blood Pressure

Salt substitution intervention beginning at age 40 years was cost-effective among Chinese adults with prehypertension compared with antihypertensive drug treatment alone, according to findings published in Hypertension.

CHICAGO — Among adults living in India with elevated BP, three different dual-medication polypills containing combinations of recommended first-line antihypertensive agents effectively lowered ambulatory BP, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — An intensive blood pressure strategy resulted in a lower incidence of major cardiovascular events compared with a more standard strategy among patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated systolic blood pressure in the BPROAD trial.

Children with normal blood pressure may not need BP screenings as often as current recommendations call for, according to a longitudinal study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Commonly used ways of positioning a patient’s arm during BP screenings may significantly overestimate BP and result in misdiagnosis of hypertension and overtreatment, an analysis suggested.

A 3-month intervention that decreased sedentary behavior and increased standing during the workday did not reduce BP or arterial stiffness among desk workers with untreated elevated or high BP, according to a study published in Circulation.

Bariatric surgery for weight loss was associated with improvements in blood pressure and antihypertensive use among patients with obesity compared with medical therapy and/or lifestyle management, a speaker reported.

A polypill containing multiple blood pressure-lowering drugs may be an effective solution to addressing both uncontrolled hypertension and polypharmacy causing non-adherence to antihypertensive medications, speakers reported.

The timing of when a patient takes their blood pressure medication does not appear to matter for reducing CV event risk, according to two trials and a meta-analysis presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.