In addition to taking regular medication to treat high blood pressure, a healthy lifestyle is required

According to the data of the Global Hypertension Epidemic Trend Report published by The Lancet, in 2019, the number of hypertensive patients aged 30-79 in the world has reached 1.

Recently, the team of Professor Liu Gang and Professor Pan An from the School of Public Health of Huazhong University of Science and Technology has made new progress in the field of health management of hypertensive populations

Take your medicine regularly, and don’t neglect a healthy life>

Adhering to the use of antihypertensive drugs and following a healthy life>

On February 1, 2022, JAMA Network Open, a subsidiary of JAMA, published online a prospective study entitled "Association of Life>

This study shows that for hypertensive patients, while advocating regular medication, and actively improving their life>

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Based on the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort of the School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, this study included a total of 14,392 hypertensive patients with an average follow-up of 7.

In terms of life>

Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2): normal reference range (18.

After adjusting for demographics, duration of hypertension, blood pressure levels, use of hypoglycemic and lipid-lowering drugs, metabolic biomarkers, mental stress and other factors, the study found that compared with those who did not take antihypertensive drugs and had an unhealthy life>

Hypertensive patients taking antihypertensive drugs and following a healthy life>

At the same time, the study also found that after the diagnosis of hypertension, hypertensive patients who actively improved their life>

▲ Improvement of life>

Real Effects of Integrated Management of Hypertension in the Workplace

As awareness, treatment, and control rates are currently generally low in the Chinese hypertensive population, another study by the collaborative team focused on the effectiveness of an integrated workplace hypertension management program in real-world practice

On December 8, 2021, the relevant results were published in Hypertension, a top journal in the field of hypertension, entitled "Effectiveness of a Workplace-Based, Multicomponent Hypertension Management Program in Real- World Practice: A Propensity-Matched Analysis)

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Applying the comprehensive management of hypertension project started in 2009 in the Kailuan cohort study, through the comprehensive management strategy including regular blood pressure monitoring (twice/month), free antihypertensive drugs, and individualized health counseling for male hypertensive workers, The study found:

In the Integrated Hypertension Management Program, mean diastolic blood pressure decreased by 7.

The blood pressure control target rate (<140/90 mm Hg) increased significantly in the first 2 years and remained stable during the follow-up period, and the blood pressure control target rate in the hypertension management group was significantly higher than that in the control group by the 10th year (OR: 1.

In addition, during a mean follow-up of 9.

▲Integrated management of workplace hypertension reduces systolic blood pressure (right panel A), major cardiovascular events and risk of death (B) (Image source: Reference [2])

The results of this series of studies provide an important scientific basis for the health management of hypertensive patients

References

[1] Lu Q, Zhang Y, Geng T, et al.
(2022).
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[2] Yan-Feng Zhou, et al.
, (2022).
Effectiveness of a Workplace-Based, Multicomponent Hypertension Management Program in Real-World Practice: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
Hypertension, DOI: https://doi.
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