Background This study aims to compare the potential short-term effects of non-
pharmacological interventions (NPIs) on prehypertensive people, and provide evidence for …

Background The prevalence of hypertension is a major public health challenge. Despite it
being highly preventable, hypertension is responsible for a significant proportion of global …

Hypertension is the single biggest cause of various cardiovascular complications and at the
same time one of the most preventable phenomena. Low-and middle-income countries …

Objectives To assess the effect of antihypertensive treatment in the 130–140 mm Hg systolic
blood pressure range. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Information sources …

Background Nonpharmacologic interventions that modify lifestyle can lower blood pressure
(BP) and have been assessed in numerous randomized controlled trials and pairwise meta …

Objectives Evidence from randomised trials on long-term blood pressure (BP) reduction from
pharmacologic treatment is limited. To investigate the effects of antihypertensive drugs on …

High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease,
stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Mean blood …

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are often considered the highest level of evidence,
with high impact on clinical practice guidelines. The methodological literature on systematic …

Background Different combinations of lifestyle interventions have been studied with varying
results on hypertension control. Hence, this review was done to compare multiple combined …

Background Worldwide treatment recommendations for lowering blood pressure continue to
be guided predominantly by blood pressure thresholds, despite strong evidence that the …