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Editorial
. 2018 Jul;48(7):652-654.
doi: 10.4070/kcj.2018.0194.

Lifestyle Modification, the Effective but Neglected Strategy in Lowering Blood Pressure

Wook Bum Pyun  1
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Editorial

Lifestyle Modification, the Effective but Neglected Strategy in Lowering Blood Pressure

Wook Bum Pyun. Korean Circ J. 2018 Jul.
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The author has no financial conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. The benefits of BP lowering effects with lifestyle modification. (A) In hypertension, lifestyle modification can lower the cardiovascular risk by control the BP below the target goal. (B) In prehypertension, lifestyle modification can delay (a) or prevent (b, c), the initiation of medication and even lower the cardiovascular risk (c).
BP = blood pressure.
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