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M H Ramsay

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PubMed1978

Weight reduction in a blood pressure clinic.

Forty-nine hypertensive patients who were overweight were randomly allocated to one of three strategies for attaining weight reduction and were followed for one year. Those referred to a dietitian lost more weight (mean 5.1 kg) than those given a diet sheet (mean 2.64 kg) or simply advised by the doctor to reduce weight (mean 2.15 kg). One-third of all the patients lost 6 kg or more. Successful weight loss was associated with a highly significant and substantial improvement in blood pressure control and with less frequent increases in antihypertensive treatment.

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PubMed1977

Factors influencing serum potassium in treated hypertension.

A retrospective survey of serum potassium measurements in a blood pressure clinic provided evidence that potassium supplements averaging 24 mmol daily were effective in elevating serum potassium concentration and reducing the incidence of hypokalaemia in diuretic-treated hypertensives. In patients treated with bendrofluazide the serum potassium concentration was related to the dose of diuretic, but not to age, sex, body weight, supine blood pressure or serum creatinine. There was no evidence that drugs other than diuretics or potassium (including beta-adrenergic blockers) had a clinically significant influence on serum potassium. The major part of the variation in serum potassium between patients could not be explained by the variables examined.

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