14 University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 4, 1992 Weight loss, sodium restriction lower blood pressure, study says The Associated Press CHICAGO — Stress management and dietary supplements such as calcium are not effective in lowering borderline high blood pressure, but reducing weight and salt consumption are, according to a recent study. Forty million to 70 million Americans have "high-normal" blood pressure of the type analyzed in the study, said the report's lead author, Paul Whelton of Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. People with high-normal blood pressure have an increased likelihood of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, an important contributor to strokes, heart disease and kidney failure. Whelton said the study of 2,132 subjects examined seven treatments that had been thought to be helpful. The subjects were divided into groups of 175 to 417 and given one of the treatments. restriction seem to be the winners," Whelton said by telephone from Baltimore. The other approaches clearly were ineffective, he said, adding that previous studies had been too small to determine whether such interventions were effective. "We're able to say at the end of 18 months that weight loss and sodium The other approaches were stress management, including relaxation training and stress avoidance, and usage of the dietary supplements calcium, magnesium, potassium and fish oil. David McCarron of the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Ore., citing other studies, said he did not think the new study would end the debate over salt and dietary supplements. But Thomas Pickering, of the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, agreed with Whellon. Certain subgroups of patients may respond to stress management and dietary supplements, Pickering said in an editorial accompanying the study. Produced 'significant' improvement Lower blood pressure without drugs A significant, new study compared these ways of lowering the blood pressure of people in the high-normal*] range without drugs: Modest weight reduction Eating. drinking less sodium Losing about 8 lb. lowered diastolic blood pressure an average of 2.3 points; recommended exercise was 45 minutes of brisk walking, four or five times a week. A diet with moderately reduced salt lowered diastolic blood pressure an average of 0.9 points. Stress management 'Little evidence' of effect No significant improvement was seen after weekly relaxation and stress management sessions, even in people who followed program carefully. 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