The long-term effects of lifestyle change on blood pressure: One-year follow-up of the ENCORE study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a paucity of data describing the sustained benefits of lifestyle interventions on health behaviors and blood pressure (BP).

Methods

We examined the persistence of changes in health habits and BP in the ENCORE study, a trial in which 144 overweight individuals with above-normal BP were randomized to one of the following 16-week interventions: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet alone (DASH-A), DASH diet plus a behavioral weight management intervention (DASH-WM), or Usual Care. Follow-up assessments were conducted 8 months after the end of treatment.

Results

At 16 weeks, systolic BP was reduced by 16.1 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 13.0-19.2) mm Hg in the DASH-WM group, 11.2 (95% CI = 8.1-14.3) mm Hg in the DASH-A group, and 3.4 (95

SUBMITTER: Hinderliter AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3978946 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature