Blood Pressure Changes in 1610 Subjects With and Without Antihypertensive Medication During Long‐Term Fasting

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 9; no. 23; p. e018649
• Main Authors: Grundler, Franziska, Mesnage, Robin, Michalsen, Andreas, Wilhelmi de Toledo, Françoise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.12.2020; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Blood Pressure - physiology; Buchinger fasting; Cohort Studies; Fasting - physiology; Female; Germany; Humans; hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Original Research; Time Factors; Weight Loss; Germany; Buchinger fasting; weight loss; hypertension

Background We investigated daily blood pressure (BP) changes during fasting periods ranging from 4 to 41 (10.0±3.8) days in a cohort of 1610 subjects, including 920 normotensive, 313 hypertensive nonmedicated, and 377 hypertensive medicated individuals. Methods and Results Subjects underwent a multi...