Hypertension is a major risk factor for many cardiovascular diseases including stroke, coronary heart disease. Therefore prevention of hypertension becomes an important goal in overall efforts to control blood pressure and reduce the incidence of hypertension-related cardiovascular and renal complications and outcomes.
Non-modifiable Factors:
Ethnicity also plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension and the prevalence of hypertension is higher in African-Americans than in other ethnic groups.Hypertension is slightly higher in men compared with women.
Modifiable (Environmental) Factors:
Other Dietary Modifications:
Conclusion:
Dietary modifications include weight loss, low sodium diet, supplementation in potassium, alcohol moderation and increased physical activity. Dietary fibre supplementation and coffee cessation may also be useful but additional evidence is still needed to establish their efficacy in the prevention of hypertension.