Grade 1 Hypertension

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Cohort Study

Heavy coffee consumption increases the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in individuals with severe hypertension, while green tea consumption does not.

2023 Journal of the American Heart Association Coffee and Green Tea Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among People With and Without Hypertension
Teramoto M, Yamagishi K, Muraki I, Tamakoshi A, Iso H

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Systematic Review

Acupuncture, when combined with lifestyle changes, can effectively lower blood pressure in grade 1 hypertension patients with fewer side effects

2022 Complementary Therapies in Medicine Association between acupuncture and grade 1 hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhang M, Zhu Y, Wang J, Li Y, Hua Z

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A Cohort Study published in 2023 in the journal Journal of the American Heart Association found that Heavy coffee consumption increases the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in individuals with severe hypertension, while green tea consumption does not. With the use of the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study, researchers assessed 18,609 participants, both male and female, aged between 40 to 79 years. These participants had varying blood pressure levels, categorized into optimal and normal BP, high-normal BP, and two stages of hypertension. They completed a questionnaire about their lifestyle, diet, and medical history, and underwent health examinations, which were followed up until 2009. The association of coffee and green tea consumption on cardiovascular disease mortality was then calculated using a Cox proportional hazard model. It was found over an 18.9 year follow-up period that heavy coffee consumption was linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality among those suffering from the second to third grade of hypertension. In stark contrast, people with optimal and normal, high-normal blood pressure and first grade hypertension did not show such associations between coffee consumption and cardiovascular disease mortality. Interestingly, the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality was not found to be increased across any blood pressure categories in relation to green tea consumption.

A Systematic Review published in 2022 in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine found that Acupuncture, when combined with lifestyle changes, can effectively lower blood pressure in grade 1 hypertension patients with fewer side effects This review analyzed 10 studies on acupuncture treatment for grade 1 hypertension. Acupuncture, in combination with lifestyle adjustments, was found to be more effective than lifestyle modification alone, placebo, or no treatment, resulting in reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure with higher response rates. Adverse effects were mild.

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